10-6 CHAPTER 10: ADMINISTERING IP MULTICAST ROUTING

Administering

A multicast tunnel allows multicast packets to cross several unicast routers

Multicast Tunnels

to a destination router that supports multicast. A tunnel has two end points.

 

The local end point is associated with an interface on the LANplex router.

 

When you define the tunnel, you specify the associated index on the local

 

LANplex router and then the characteristics of the tunnel. Tunnel

 

characteristics are the same as the those of an interface. You also specify the

 

IP address of the remote multicast router.

 

Not all multicast configurations require a tunnel. The only configurations

 

that require a tunnel are those that require a connection between two

 

multicast internetworks through one or more unicast routers.

Displaying

To display the IP multicast tunnel(s) on the router, from the top level menu

Multicast Tunnels

of the Administration Console, enter:

Top-Level Menu

 

 

 

 

system

 

 

 

 

 

ethernet

interface

 

 

 

 

dvmrp

 

 

 

fddi

route

 

 

 

atm

arp

igmp

display

bridge

atmArpServerinterface

 

define

ip

multicasttunnel

 

remove

ipx

udpHelper routeDisplay

appletalk

routing

cacheDisplay

snmp

icmpRouterDiscovery

analyzer

rip

 

 

 

 

script

ping

 

 

 

 

logout

statistics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ip multicast tunnel display

Example IP multicast tunnel configuration:

Index

Local Address Remote Address Metric Threshold RateLimit State

1

158.101.112.204 137.39.229.98

2

255

500

pkts in:320069 pkts out:0

peers 137.39.229.98 (3.8) (0xe)

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