[Xorp-users] Endless PIMv2 Register messages

[Ben Greear]

On 06/29/2010 09:12 AM, Jeff Mitchell wrote:
> On 06/28/2010 05:10 PM, Williams, Mark wrote:
>> There should only be one RP for any particular group. Try going to your other Xorp systems (192.168.20.2 and 192.168.20.3) and removing the cand-rp section of the config. Also, keep the cand-bsr section, but only one router should have the cand-bsr-by-vif-name entry.
>
> This fixed my problem (I had to remove the cand-bsr section as well
> since attempting to start XORP with just the cand-bsr-by-vif-name entry
> removed resulted in an error).
>
> My understanding was that this setup should have worked, since the RP
> and BSR should have been chosen from the candidates; was this an issue
> with my configuration, or with XORP?

I run clusters of xorps with bootstrap sections on each xorp,
including cand-bsr sections, and at least in previous testing,
it seemed to be doing the right thing.

My clusters are connected by virtual ethernet links, not on a single broadcast domain
though, so maybe that makes a difference?

Thanks,
Ben


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