Developing IP multicast networks

Beau Williamson9781578700776, 1578700779

Includes an in-depth discussion of the PIM protocol used in CISCO routers and detailed coverage of the rules that control the creation and maintenance of CISCO route state entries. Provides a solid foundation of basic IP multicast concepts, as well as the information needed to acutally design and deploy IP multicast networks.

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Table of contents :
Local Disk……Page 0
Developing IP Multicast Networks……Page 1
About the Author……Page 3
Introduction to IP Multicast……Page 5
Multicast Basics……Page 25
Internet Group Management Protocol……Page 55
Mutlimedia Multicast Applications……Page 76
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol……Page 96
PIM Dense Mode……Page 115
PIM Sparse Mode……Page 134
Core-Based Trees……Page 161
Multicast Open Shortest Path First……Page 174
Using PIM Dense Mode……Page 191
Using PIM Sparse Mode……Page 221
PIM Rendezvous Points……Page 317
Connecting to DVMRP Networks……Page 357
Multicast over Campus Networks……Page 412
Multicast over NBMA Networks……Page 444
Multicast Traffic Engineering……Page 473
Inter-Domain Multicast Routing……Page 513
Introduction……Page 527
Preface……Page 531
Appendix A-PIM Packet Formats……Page 535