All things related to multicast

[Marshall Eubanks <>]

"Kevin C. Almeroth" wrote:

> I thought awhile about NOT sending this out because I didn't want to
> offend those folks not on the "multicast-enabled" part.  But instead,
> I decided to send it anyway and (1) thanks those there were multicast
> enabled, (2) marvel at the number of multicast-enabled connectors, and
> (3) ask for help in getting to 100%.
>
> >> The latest abilene multicast map shows 43 connectors multicast-enabled*,
> >>of 51, not counting NGIXs nor StarTap.  (*actually, the maps say 41 of 52,
> >>but I miscounted--this exercise showed me there are 43/51.)  I thought you
> >>might be interested to see which connectors might be target for "some 
> >>help".
> >> We've also thought of some ideas to workably get a more accurate idea of
> >>which participants are enabled and will work on filling that in better.
> >>      Brent
> >>
> >>the connectors NOT multicast-enabled, and their Abilene core nodes, are:
> >>
> >>UTEP          HS
> >>AHE           HS
> >>SMU           HS
> >>SWMED         HS
> >>LAnet         HS
> >>Louisville    IP
> >>Rutgers               NY
> >>WPI           NY
> >>
> >>the 43 connectors who are multicast-enabled are:
> >>Calren S      LA
> >>SDSC          LA
> >>Calren N      SV
> >>Hawaii                SV
> >>PNW           ST
> >>Oregon                DV
> >>Utah          DV
> >>Qwest         DV
> >>FRGP          DV
> >>arizonaSU     DV
> >>Arizona               DV
> >>UNM           DV
> >>OneNet                KS
> >>GPN           KS
> >>IowaSU                KS
> >>Memphis               KS
> >>NorthernLights        IP
> >>NCSA          IP
> >>Indiana               IP
> >>MREN          IP
> >>Merit         CV
> >>PSC           CV
> >>OARnet                CV
> >>Nysernet      NY
> >>Advanced      NY
> >>NOX           NY
> >>NWVa          NY
> >>MAGPI         DC
> >>UDEL          DC
> >>MAX           DC
> >>Drexel                DC
> >>NCNI          DC
> >>SOX           AT
> >>Vanderbilt    AT
> >>SFGP          AT
> >>USoFlorida    AT
> >>FSU           AT
> >>Msstate               AT
> >>Tulane                HS
> >>Texas (A&M)   HS
> >>FAMU          HS
> >>UTAustin      HS
> >>TexasTech     HS
> >>

Kevin;

   What is a "connector" ? A gigapop ?

I would like to compare this list with our MBGP peering
over Sprint and vBNS, to see how many connectors really connect.

--
                                 Regards
                                 Marshall Eubanks



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