Forwarding from an mbone router on a wan link, Forwarding from an mbone router on a wan link -6 – Lucent Technologies 6000 User Manual

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10-6

MAX 6000/3000 Network Configuration Guide

Setting Up IP Multicast Forwarding
Examples of multicast forwarding configuration

HeartBeat Addr=224.1.1.1

HeartBeat Udp Port=16387

3

Set the Heartbeat Slot Time, HeartBeat Slot Count, and Alarm Threshold parameters to
specify the time, count, and alarm threshold. For example:

HeartBeat Slot Time=10

HeartBeat Slot Count=10

Alarm threshold=3

Source Addr=0.0.0.0

Source Mask=0.0.0.0

4

Exit the profile and, at the exit prompt, select the exit and accept option.

To enable multicasting on WAN interfaces:

1

Open the Connection profile for a multicast client site.

2

Open the IP Options subprofile and set Multicast Client to Yes. If appropriate, set the
Multicast Rate Limit parameter to specify a rate limit other than the default of 5.

Ethernet

Connections

0-101 Crofile1

Ip options...

Multicast Client=Yes

Multicast Rate Limit=5

3

Exit the profile and, at the exit prompt, select the exit and accept option.

Forwarding from an MBONE router on a WAN link

Figure 10-2 shows a multicast router on the WAN with local and dial-in multicast clients. This
example presents a sample configuration for the local MAX unit in the figure. The
configuration specifies the MBONE interface as a WAN link accessed through a Connection
profile # 4.

Figure 10-2. MAX acting as a multicast forwarder on Ethernet and WAN interfaces

Note:

This example does not use heartbeat monitoring. If you want to configure the MAX for

heartbeat monitoring, see the sample settings in “Examples of multicast forwarding
configuration” on page 10-5.

Ethernet

MAX

T1

WAN

T1

T1

T1

BRI

MAXTNT POP

MAXTNT POP

Analog

Modem

Win95

MAX

Win95

ISDN

modem

VAT

(Visual Audio Tools)

Multicast router

Win 95

VAT

(Visual Audio Tools)

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