All things related to multicast

[Jeremy George <>]

> The only protocol I can think of this is Cisco proprietary is CGMP which
> is an IGMP-snooping protocol.
> 
> Other vendors are behind Cisco in deploying some of the necessary 
> multicast protocols but are catching up quickly.  I've solicited
> information about deployment dates from many of the vendors and I
> will make that document available when it is complete.

  IGMP-snooping may be a key for those of us with tree topologies
that have layer 3 switches and routers at the core and
multi-vendor, switched layer 2 underneath.  If you do get vendor
deployment information, that would be helpful.

  If would also be *very* helpful to have reason to believe that
these new standards based features actually interoperate across
vendors.  Any chance of I2 holding a bakeoff?  VIDe interested?

- Jeremy