1) No 2) Check out the really excellent FAQ on the sprintlink web site (www.sprintlink.net). Anycast RP is FAR superior to the auto-RP approach descripted in the Cisco press book, which is now somewhat dated. 3) The MBone is legacy, and more or less deprecated. Find a multicast savvy transit providers and use them instead. Set up MSDP and MBGP peering with them. Daniel Golding NetRail,Inc. "Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness" On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, Neil J. McRae wrote:
No but probably preferable, have a look at Cisco press book IP Multicasing volume 1.
Neil.
Hello Nanog,
We are developing a streaming video based application. Can someone tell me whether
(1) Multicasting is necessary for such an application (2) How do we configure multicasting, and multicast (224.x.x.x) to Global IP Conversion, on Cisco Routers. Some useful sites will be handy. (3) What is the function of the MBone network, and whether it is required for such a situation.
Deen Sri Lanka Telecom Internet