Re: [pim] Replacing unicast BSMs with multicast

[Cao Wei <caowayne at huawei.com>]

Hi, John
   I can not give the accurate number that how many PIM routers are running in the network. 
But as I know,  BSR/BSMs is more popular static RP. A colleague has years experience
on network deployment  agree with me.
   
   I think most of the vendors have implement Unicast BSM because previous version PIM-SM 
(RFC 2362, I mean) require this and it has been there for years. So I doubt unicast BSM is 
really a complex matter.  Another question we have to consider: is this  a so important 
problem worth the risk of compromising the compatibility? And it should be noted that, up to
now, there is not a perfact method can handle all cases without any cons. So I prefer keep
unicast BSMs.

Regards,
Cao Wei 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Zwiebel" <jzwiebel at cisco.com>
To: "Dino Farinacci" <dino at cisco.com>
Cc: <mmcbride at cisco.com>; <pim at ietf.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: [pim] Replacing unicast BSMs with multicast


> 
> On Apr 25, 2006, at 3:04 PM, Dino Farinacci wrote:
> 
>>
>>     Could we do a survey on how widespread BSR/BSMs are used to  
>> quantify the
>>     impact on compatibility?
> 
> That's unicast BSMs and how many routers in the real world actually
> have code for which it works.  Not whether or not a specific  
> implementation
> has deployed it.
> 
> Although another question to ask might be, when was it first deployed
> by a given vendor.
> 
> Thanks
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