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[Alan Crosswell <>]

Prashant,

This group is appropriate for this kind of question as well.  Thanks  
for answering here.
/a

On Feb 27, 2008, at 12:36 AM, Prashant Jhingran <>  
wrote:

> Hi  Venkat,
>
> PIM-SM Register mesg is a unicast mesg and hence should be
> routed using unicast routing topology (RIB). Infact once PIM
> forms a register/register-stop etc unicast messages, ideally
> speaking pim should not bother how the packet is sent.
>
> On all the non pim-sm routers aware (and also pim-sm aware
> routers), the register pkt would look like another unicast
> packet and thus should be routed without any problem as long
> as the route to its destination viz. RP exists.
>
> The same goes for register-stop pkt.
>
> => It is usually advisable to have a network where both
> unicast (RIB) & multicast (MRIB) are congruent.
>
> PS: 
>
>  WG id would be more appropriate for PIM
> related queries.
>
> Regards,
> Prashant Jhingran
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Venketesan 
> [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:44 AM
> To: wg-multicast List
> Subject: PIM-SM register via MBGP
>
> Does the PIM-SM unicast message like the register message
> follow the
> unicast routing topology or the Multicast routing topology
> in a
> multicast aware router.
> Also does anyone know if the PIM-SM register messages be
> dropped by a
> non multicast aware router or still processed and routed
> like a
> regular unicast packet.
>
> Thanks,
> Venkat