Configuring mrouted

Multicast Routing Support Tools

Multicast Routing Support Tools

This section describes various multicast routing support tools.

The mrinfo Tool

mrinfo is a multicast routing tool that requests configuration information from mrouted and prints the information to the standard output. By default, mrouted prints configuration information for its local instance. You can override the default request (the local instance of mrouted) by specifying an alternate router IP address or system name.

For more information, type man 1M mrinfo at the HP-UX command prompt.

The map-mbone Tool

map-mboneis a multicast routing tool that requests multicast router connection information from mrouted and prints the connection map information to the standard output. By default (when no alternate router address is specified), the request message is sent to all the multicast routers on the local network. If map-mbonediscovers new neighbor routers from the replies, it sends an identical request to those routers. This process continues till the list of new neighbors is exhausted.

For more information, type man 1M map-mboneat the HP-UX command prompt.

The netstat Tool

You can used netstat to display multicast-related information, including network statistics and multicast routing table contents.

For more information, type man 1M netstat at the HP-UX command prompt.

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