[Xorp-users] Want test result of PIM-BIDIR protocol !!!

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

> > > do anybody have comparative test results of PIM-SM & PIM-BIDIR ?? can u
> > > share it ?? or else from where can i get those ??
> >
> > Can you be more specific what you mean by "comparative test
> > results".
> 
> 
> means we want to see test result proving that PIM-Bidir in beneficial over
> PIm-SM  for many-to-many applications !!!

You don't have to run a large-scale experiment to show that.
For example, Bidir-PIM doesn't have the PIM Register
encapsulation/decapsulation mechanism and the PIM Assert mechanism.
You can do some analyses to show why/when this is beneficial.

Regards,
Pavlin

> I haven't heard about a detailed study targeting both PIM-SM and
> > Bidir-PIM (at least I don't remember anyting beint sent to the
> > relevant mailing lists).
> > So there is a window of opportunity for you for such study after you
> > complete your Bidir-PIM implementation :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
>              Problems for us is that we don't  have large setup to see/test
> this comparative (PIM-SM Vs Bidir ) result !!! Currently we are using Vmware
> on single machine so we can only test basic interoperability between bidir
> routers for our implementation !! But we are unable to compare between these
> to protocols !! bty what do you prefer to compare between this two protocols
> ??
> 
> 
>   ps: large setup is required because Bidir PIM enables many-to-many
> applications by allowing them to easily scale to a very large number of
> groups and sources by eliminating the maintenance of source state.
> 
> Regards,
> > Pavlin
> >
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