Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 05:18:03 +1100 (EST) From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au> To: fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner) Cc: tom@sdf.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MROUTING & gated Message-ID: <199612071818.FAA08996@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <96Dec7.095323pst.177711@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> from Bill Fenner at "Dec 7, 96 09:53:15 am"
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Bill Fenner writes: > The 224.0.0.x range of groups is not forwarded by multicast routers, so > even if you did enable MROUTING (and run a multicast routing daemon), > these packets would never get forwarded. Isn't there an obscure (and IMHO unwise) case of an OSPF area which is physically separated into two by a non-multicast router but joined by a unicast tunnel ? E.g I have two OSPF areas which I once thought of joining but which are separated by Cisco 1003s (w/10.3 no OSPF :-() .. I decided that trying to set up a tunnel between the two hosts concerned (or arguing with GATED about it) was worse than the problem it might cure, michaelhelp
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