Configuring IP Multicasting

IP multicasting allows a device to send packets to a group of hosts rather than to a list of individual hosts. This chapter describes how to configure IP multicasting on the ERX system.

Topic	Page
Overview	3-2
References	3-3
Before You Begin	3-3
Enabling IP Multicasting	3-3
Deleting Multicast Forwarding Entries	3-4
Monitoring IP Multicast Settings	3-4
Reverse Path Forwarding	3-9
Multicast Packet Forwarding	3-10
IGMP	3-12
IGMP Proxy	3-24
PIM	3-30
DVMRP	3-52
BGP Multicasting	3-67
Investigating Multicast Routes	3-68