[Xorp-users] multicast without static routes

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

Vitor Miguel de Sousa Branca <vbranca at av.it.pt> wrote:
> Hi!
> We have the following scenario
> 
> RP
>     \
>      xorp1------xorp2----destination
>     /
> source
> 
> We multi cast traffic using the RIP and mrib-route4, and 
> works well the destination receives the UDP packets fine.
> But when we don´t define static routes with route4 or 
> mrib-route4,(still using RIP) we don´t receive any UDP 
> packets, because xorp2 don´t know how to send the join to 
> the RP.
> 
> We would like to know how to put the multicast working 
> without static routes or mrib-route4, (and using RIP).

If you configure/enable the fib2mrib, then you don't need to run
static routes:

protocols {
    fib2mrib {
	disable: false
    }
}

Pavlin

> vbranca at av.it.pt
> aafreixo at av.it.pt