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	3-4
Deleting Multicast Forwarding Entries	3-4
Reverse Path Forwarding	3-4
Multicast Packet Forwarding	3-6
Monitoring IP Multicast Settings	3-7
IGMP	3-13
IGMP Proxy	3-27
PIM	3-32
DVMRP	3-54
BGP Multicasting	3-71
Investigating Multicast Routes	3-71