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My understanding is that there are sync problems with deploying mcast native. Most notedly when BGP uses memory and cpu and then pruning/mrouting also wishes to use the cpu. I haven't personally experimented with this, but have heard interesting stories about egress problems near borders. _J Robert Laughlin said: > > I am also considering enabling multicast routing, I would appreciate > hearing more about this as well. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > DataXchange sales: 800-863-1550 http://www.dx.net > Network Operations Center: 703-903-7412 -or- 888-903-7412 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Eric Kozowski wrote: > > > >PS: The real prize should go to the *next* person to post useful technical > > >content. > > > > OK, I'll take a stab at it, although it'll be in the form of a technical > > question, which will hopefully draw technical content/answers. > > > > I'm getting ready to run some native multicast on our backbone, mainly as > > an experiment in replacing our existing set of DVRMP/MRouted tunnels. > > > > Equipment is cisco 7XXX and 4500, with a 2501 CPE router (my home > > connection). Most are running some flavor of 11.2, with one or two still > > running 11.1. > > > > I'm looking for tips and suggestions from folks who are actually running > > native multicast in a cisco environment. > > > > While I've been getting help from Dave Meyer (Thanks, Dave!), I figure that > > others could benefit from the same information, hence my posting here. > > > > -Eric > > > > >
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