Re: IPTV and ASM

[Mike McBride <mmcbride7 () gmail com>]

Marshall,

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Marshall Eubanks
<marshall.eubanks () gmail com> wrote:
> Dear Mike;
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Mike McBride <mmcbride7 () gmail com> wrote:
> > Anyone using ASM (versus SSM) for IPTV? If so why?
>
> From what I understand, the answer is likely to be "yes" and the
> reason is likely to be "deployed equipment only
> supports IGMP v2."

Agreed. I'm seeking confirmation, from IPTV implementers, that non
igmpv3 support is the reason for using ASM with IPTV. Versus other
reasons such as reducing state. Or is this a non issue and everyone is
using SSM with IPTV?

thanks,
mike

> Regards
> Marshall
>
> > thanks,
> > mike