Dvmrp; C Ha Pte R 52 Dvmrp; Dvmrp Overview; How Dvmrp Works - ZyXEL Communications XS3800-28 User Manual

This chapter introduces DVMRP and tells you how to configure it.
52.1 DVMRP O ve rvie w
DVMRP (Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol) is a protocol used for routing multicast data within
an autonomous system (AS). This DVMRP implementation is based on draft-ietf-idmr-dvmrp-v3-10.
DVMRP provides multicast forwarding capability to a layer-3 switch that runs both the IPv4 protocol (with
IP Multicast support) and the IGMP protocol. The DVMRP metric is a hop count of 32.
IGMP is a protocol used for joining or leaving a multicast group. You must have IGMP enabled when you
enable DVMRP; otherwise you see the screen as in
52.2 Ho w DVMRP Wo rks
DVMRP uses the Reverse Path Multicasting (RPM) algorithm to generate an IP Multicast delivery tree.
Multicast packets are forwarded along these multicast tree branches. DVMRP dynamically learns host
membership information using Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). The trees are updated
dynamically to track the membership of individual groups.
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DVMRP-enabled Layer-3 devices that do not have any hosts in their networks that belong to this
multicast group send back a prune message ("
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If hosts later join the multicast group, a graft message ("
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