Re: [pim] MRIB and multiple RP's

To: Stig Venaas <stig.venaas at uninett.no>
Subject: Re: [pim] MRIB and multiple RP's
From: John Zwiebel <jzwiebel at cisco.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:56:08 -0800
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On Nov 13, 2006, at 12:43 PM, Stig Venaas wrote:


BTW, the RP should be able to determine the cost for the first hop
routers (source DRs), learning their unicast addresses from the
PIM registers. If all receivers also are sources...

Except that now you've reverted back to Sparse-mode -- which isn't "interesting". :-)

For bidir, you'd need to be able to determine the source location via some "other means" since there is nothing in PIM-bidir that would allow you to know there are sources anywhere.

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References:
- RE: [pim] MRIB and multiple RP's
  - From: Bandar Al-Turaif
- Re: [pim] MRIB and multiple RP's
  - From: John Zwiebel
- Re: [pim] MRIB and multiple RP's
  - From: Stig Venaas

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