Multicast: Hold ASM for a moment, let’s do SSM!… Part 4
IGMPv3 (RFC 4607) allows the receivers to specify the source they wish in additiont the multicast group trafic By default we use the 232.0.0.0/8 range for SSM In our lab […]
Is it sufficient split-horizon rule to prevent RIP loops?
Per the split-horizon rule, don’t send an update back on the interface it was received on What is the challenge here? In addition to bandwidth usage and system resources consumption, […]
RIP: do not split it then… and unleach the power of the “network” command
In RIP domain routers R1 and R2 exchange information about loopback 0 and 1 networks Router RIP command “network 0.0.0.0” hints routers to add all ip enabled interfaces to the […]
Multicast routing: From the source… Part 3
We build on our discussion from the previous blogs The test topolgy How R3 handles Server2 source multicast trafic?
Static routing metric
Both R1 and R3 advertise 13.13.13.13/32 network into RIP domain R3 is configured to offset all network updates via interface fa1/0 by 10


Multicast routing: PIM dense… Part 2
Server2 is 3 hops away from its receivers R3 receives the multicast and forwards it to its forwarding list interfaces