[Xorp-users] Linux 2.6 multicast issue using PIM

Pavlin Radoslavov pavlin@icir.org
Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:10:48 -0700


Chris,

> Thanks for the info, but I dont think the setup is the same and I'm no 
> expert but not running all Linux 2.6 Fedora Core 2 is also a concern.  From 
> your setup I wonder if FreeBSD is hiding a problem?
> 
> My setup was the following.......
> 
> Host <--> Core 2 (acting as edge router) <--> Core 2 (acting as backbone 
> rtr) <--> Core 2 (edge rtr) <--> Host.
> 
> I've tried these combos of with no success:
> QUAGGA, PIMD
> GATED (binaries for Red Hat 7.3 linux 2.4)
> XORP
> 
> and the PIMDs I find on the net are all from circa linux 2.4 but they do 
> build for Linux 2.6.
> 
> What I saw was Pim Hellos going out but nothing coming back when running 
> tcpdump on one of the edge rtrs.  But as you indicate and I havent done yet 
> is run the latest XORP (CVS, I'm  using release 1.0) and just this morning 
> I downloaded a new kernel release for Fedora Core 2 on my Web server, so 
> obviously I have some updating to do and more testing to run.......

I very doubt that FreeBSD would be hiding the Hello problem you are
having.

BTW, are the edge routers directly connected to the backbone router
or do you use some virtual tunnels (or something else) between them?

Regards,
Pavlin