From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon Nov 3 18:43:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA28224 for multimedia-outgoing; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 18:43:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia) Received: from proxy3.ba.best.com (root@proxy3.ba.best.com [206.184.139.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA28213 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 18:43:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from finlayson@lvn.com) Received: from kaipara.live.com (kaipara.live.com [206.86.37.12] (may be forged)) by proxy3.ba.best.com (8.8.7/8.8.BEST) with SMTP id SAA25713 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 18:42:27 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.16.19971103193729.2ba7a142@shell7.ba.best.com> X-Sender: rsf@shell7.ba.best.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (16) Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 19:37:29 To: multimedia@freebsd.org From: Ross Finlayson Subject: How to run PIM-SM on FreeBSD? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm currently trying to get a new MBone feed directly from my ISP (rather than the indirect feed - a DVMRP tunnel via mrouted - that I currently use). However, my ISP (which uses Cisco routers for its MBone feed) has been having trouble setting up a DVMRP tunnel to me, and would prefer to give me a PIM-SM tunnel instead. (Does the phrase "PIM tunnel" even make sense in this context?) If I were to go this route, what options (software, etc.) currently exist for running PIM-SM on FreeBSD? Has anyone out there had success getting PIM to work between FreeBSD and a (more than one hop away) Cisco router? Ross.