All things related to multicast

[Dino Farinacci <>]

>> There is an alternative solution for the PIM Register processing,
>> and the (S,G) state between the RP and the first-hop routers for
>> each sender:

    Another alternative is to not have your RP join back to the source,
    either unconditionally or when there is no group state for the the group
    the Register is sent for.

    A tradeoff between state and packet forwarding rates.

Dino