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DVMRP Configuration


Use the DVMRP Configuration View to enable DVMRP on selected interfaces. Enabling DVMRP allows the IP switch element to route multicast traffic, such as interactive multimedia, to other nodes.

To enable DVMRP:

    1. Click the DVMRP link in the Routing Configuration section of the Config Tool main menu.
    This presents the DVMRP Configuration View. The following figure shows an example.

    2. Click the on button in the DVMRP Interfaces field to enable DVMRP.
    3. Click the Apply button.

When you enable DVMRP, additional DVMRP fields appear. To configure DVMRP parameters:

    1. Type a value for the Threshold field.
    The default value is 1. When connecting to the Internet Multicast Backbone (MBONE), the following values are recommended:

    TTL

    Interface Type

    1

    Link within a site

    32

    Site boundary

    64

    Regional boundary

    128

    Continental boundary


    2. Type a value (in kb/sec) for the Rate Limit field.
    The default value is 0.
    3. Type a value for the Metric field.
    Metrics should be kept as small as possible, since DVMRP cannot route along a path with a sum of metrics greater than 31. The default value is 1.
    4. Click either the Apply button to use these parameters
    or
    Click the Top button to disregard these parameters and return to the previous view.

    The Apply successful message appears if no errors occur.
See also:
DVMRP Configuration View

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