[Xorp-users] cand-rp without BSR

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

Carsten Otto <carsten at c-otto.de> wrote:

> Dear list,
> 
> due to a strange network policy I am not allowed (by non-technical
> rules) to announce my cand-rp to the BSR. As a workaround I configured
> every "client" to know my rp using a static configuration. On my router
> I did the same thing, as cand-rp always results in announcements to the
> BSR. Sadly, this does not work. As far as I know, my router is contacted
> with requests, but does not act as a RP. Is there a better solution than
> to block packets to the BSR (and hope the address does not change)?
> 
> I am using a quite old version of XORP. Please just tell me if I can
> hope for improvements with a recent version.

Which XORP version are you using?

If you just configure static-rps and all of them point to the same
router (for the same group prefix) this is suppose to work.
Please send your XORP config you are not sure.
Also, please clarify what you mean by
"<your router> does not act as a RP".

Regards,
Pavlin

P.S. FYI, in the latest XORP-1.6 release, a PIM-SM router will accept
Bootstrap messages only if the "bootstrap {}" block is in the config
(empty block is fine).

> Best regards,
> -- 
> Carsten Otto
> carsten at c-otto.de
> www.c-otto.de
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