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[Tony Rimovsky <>]

static RP

On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 11:38:08AM -0500, Tim Ward wrote:
> Quoting Marshall Eubanks 
> ():
> > 
> > Is it assuming that auto-RP will create a RP in this (assumed 
> > CISCO) domain ? But then, shouldn't it require setting PIM to "sparse 
> > dense" ?
> 
> Thanks, Marshall, it seems I'm not insane!
> 
> > In any case, it seems to me that the cookbook should address the care and
> > feeding of RP's.
> 
> I think you're right there.  
> 
> Currently you have three options that I know of for RP:
> 
> Auto-RP -- cisco specific requires PIM sparse-dense within a PIM domain
> BSR -- not cisco specific allows for PIM sparse within a PIM domain
> Anycast RP -- not cisco specific but requires MSDP between RPs
> 
> Any others that should be added?
> 
> Tim