[c-nsp] auto-rp/bsr for external RPs

[James Slepicka]

 >>probably not the answer you want to hear...Run an RP for *all* groups 
on a router you control
Actually, this is what I'm doing now -- all of my routers are pointing 
to an anycast RP for internal groups.

 >>run MSDP between your RP and the upstream RP
Unfortunately, the third party won't run MSDP either...



Phil Mayers wrote:
> James Slepicka wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm receiving multicast data feeds from an external network running 
>> PIM-SM.  RP info is not available via Auto-RP/BSR, so my edge router 
>> is statically configured with the RP for the multicast groups.  This 
>> config is repeated on all of my other multicast routers; how can I 
>> distribute this RP info to my other internal routers using 
>> Auto-RP/BSR?  Using 'ip pim send-rp-announce' or 'ip pim 
>> rp-candidate' doesn't work since my router is not the RP for those 
>> groups.  PIM-DM is not an option here.  
>
> It's probably not the answer you want to hear, but: don't. Run an RP 
> for *all* groups on a router you control; statically configure all 
> your other routers to point to that; and run MSDP between your RP and 
> the upstream RP.
>
> Trust me; it'll be better in the long run.
>
>