RE: RPF for Auto RP

From: Brian McGahan (bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Fri Feb 17 2006 - 13:40:58 GMT-3


        Correct. Whether it is a shared tree or shortest path tree RPF
is performed on traffic from the source, mapping agent, and candidate
RP.

HTH,

Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xprtofnet [mailto:xprtofnet@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:29 AM
> To: Brian McGahan; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: RPF for Auto RP
>
> Thanks,
>
> This means that if I have three different devices
> (mcast server, mapping agent, RP/candidate-rp) then
> RPF check is done for all three of them irrelevent of
> short-path-tree...have i understood you correct ?
>
> Thanks again,
>
>
> --- Brian McGahan <bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The RPF check is done on the mapping agent and
> > candidate-rp
> > announcements (224.0.1.39/224.0.1.40) and all
> > traffic from the source.
> >
> > Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593
> > bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> > [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> > Of
> > > xprtofnet
> > > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 7:53 AM
> > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: RPF for Auto RP
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > RPF check in AutoRP is for the RP and not source.
> > > After the short-path-tree is active, is RPF check
> > > still done for the RP or the source ?
> > >
> > > Requesting inputs,
> > >
> > > Thankyou,
> > >
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