Introduction This post will describe PIM Bidir, why it is needed and the design considerations for using PIM BiDir. This post is focused on technology overview and design and will not contain any actual configurations. Multicast Applications Multicast is a
More on SSM
As you’ve noticed I’ve been studying SSM and what better way to learn than to blog about it. I recently got a Safari subscription which has been great so far. I’ve been reading some in the book Interdomain Multicast Routing:
Multicast – SSM mapping
This is a followup post to the first one on SSM. The topology is still the same. If you want to find it in the documentation it is found in the IGMP configuration guide I guess the reason to place
Source Specific Multicast (SSM) and IGMP filtering
Regular multicast is known as Any Source Multicast (ASM). It is based on a many to many model where the source can be anyone and only the group is known. For some applications like stock trading exchange this is a