All things related to multicast

[Nitin jain <njain@foundrynet.com>]

Dino,
>    I wonder if the Foundry box will know where RPs are located to deal
>    with (S,G,RP-bit) Prune messages. This should provide for some
interesting
>    design for the general case.

     I agree that S,G information will not be sufficient in all cases. 
     Theoritically speaking, a layer2 device could discover the RPs and the
interfaces through
     which they are reachable. It is another matter whether one wants to
keep all
     this information a layer 2 device.

Nitin