Re: Native Multicast (Was: Re: Contest! )

[Robert Laughlin <robert () portal dx net>]

I am also considering enabling multicast routing, I would appreciate
hearing more about this as well.

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On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Eric Kozowski wrote:

> > PS: The real prize should go to the *next* person to post useful technical
> > content.
>
> OK, I'll take a stab at it, although it'll be in the form of a technical
> question, which will hopefully draw technical content/answers.
>
> I'm getting ready to run some native multicast on our backbone, mainly as
> an experiment in replacing our existing set of DVRMP/MRouted tunnels.
>
> Equipment is cisco 7XXX and 4500, with a 2501 CPE router (my home
> connection).  Most are running some flavor of 11.2, with one or two still
> running 11.1.
>
> I'm looking for tips and suggestions from folks who are actually running
> native multicast in a cisco environment.
>
> While I've been getting help from Dave Meyer (Thanks, Dave!), I figure that
> others could benefit from the same information, hence my posting here.
>
> -Eric