[Xorp-users] Multicast Routing with Linux and Xorp/pim-sm

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

> i am trying to configure a linux box to act as a multicast router and found=
>  xorp.<br>
> The router has Multicast Receivers (but no routers) attached to eth0 and an=
>  other multicast router<br>
> at eth1. After reading the Xorp documentation i think that it should be pos=
> sible to use xorp/pim-sm,<br>
> but wasn't able to create a suitable configuration.<br>
> Are there any sample configuration files for this task? Or any other hints?=

Have a look at rtrmgr/config.boot.sample though it contains much
more stuff than what you need.
Practically, what you need is "interfaces", "fea" (without click),
"mfea4", "igmp", "pimsm4" and "fib2mrib".

The User Manual (available from the XORP web site) describes
the configuration options in details.

You need to decide whether you are going to use a static RP or
whether you are going to run the PIM-SM Bootstrap mechanism among
all your PIM-SM routers.
In the former case you need to use "static-rps" to specify your
static RP(s). In the latter case you need to use the "bootstrap"
configuration inside the "pimsm4" section.

Pavlin