[c-nsp] Enabling PIM on loopback's in Anycast RP environment

[Tantsura, Jeff]

Maybe someone from Cisco could explain?

Tim, you are well known multicast expert, would you please?

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Jeff Tantsura  CCIE# 11416
Senior IP Network Engineer


-----Original Message-----
From: lee.e.rian at census.gov [mailto:lee.e.rian at census.gov] 
Sent: 10 January 2006 20:32
To: Tantsura, Jeff
Cc: 'cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net'
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Enabling PIM on loopback's in Anycast RP environment

"Tantsura, Jeff" <jtantsura at upcbroadband.com> wrote on 01/10/2006 07:15:50
AM:

> Hi ALL,
>
> In all cisco multicast Anycast RP designs PIM is enabled on both anycast
and
> MSDP originator loopback's, I have always done it this way as well
but....
> is this really necessary?

I asked the same question a while back on the multicast list & was told it
was needed.  Nobody could explain why tho...

Lee