[Xorp-hackers] SSM/MLDv2 support
Piers O'Hanlon
P.OHanlon@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:09:17 +0100
> > > > 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