[Xorp-hackers] SSM/MLDv2 support

[Piers O'Hanlon]

> > > > I was just wondering what the status was on MLDv2 and SSM IPv6?
> > > 
> > > The PIM-SM implementation already supports SSM.
> > > The IGMPv3/MLDv2 implementation hasn't been started yet.
> > > In other words, currently you can use XORP as an intermediate SSM
> > > router (i.e., as long as it doesn't have directly-connected SSM
> > > members).
> > > 
> > Thanks for getting back to me. I wondered if Xorp had been tested on Linux-2.6.7+ with Micheal Hoerdt's new forwarding code: 
> > http://clarinet.u-strasbg.fr/~hoerdt/linux_ipv6_mforwarding/
> 
> Testing it is on my TODO list, but so far I didn't have the time to
> test it. Has anyone tried it already?
> 
I'm not sure - I think Stig Venaas and possibly Micheal have been playing - though I'm not sure how far they've got with it + Xorp. I wasn't sure if it was just config or coding that was required to get it going with Xorp...?

> > Also any ideas if/when MLDv2 implementation will start?
> 
> So far the plan is to do this early next year.
> 
Sounds good.

Thanks,

Piers.

> Regards,
> Pavlin