
Configuring IP Multicasting Services
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Once DVMRP has received a multicast datagram on an interface and flooded the
datagram to its neighbor, DVMRP makes an entry for the datagram in the
forwarding table for the interface.
Table 4-2 summarizes the principal items in a forwarding table entry.
Shortest-Path Trees
Route information used by DVMRP is independent of any other routing
information used by the router -- for example, routes provided by RIP. The
purpose of this routing information is to create a shortest-path tree entry in the
routing table for the propagation of multicast datagrams. The shortest-path tree
entry indicates the interface that provides the shortest path to the network that is
the source of the multicast datagram.
In F
igure 4-1, for example, the routing table on Router D includes an entry
describing the shortest-path route to the network connected to Router A. The entry
indicates that Interface d1 provides the shortest path to that source network.
A shortest-path tree also indicates those interfaces that are on the shortest path to
that source network from a neighboring router. For example, Router E considers
the network connecting it to Router D to be on the shortest path to the source
network connected to router A. Router D has an interface (d3), that is part of the
shortest path from Router E from the network connected to Router A.
Table 4-2. Forwarding Table Entry Items
Item Description
Source subnet Subnet containing a host that is the source
of multicast datagrams addressed to the
specified groups
Multicast group Class D destination address identifying the
group to which the datagram is being sent
Inbound interface Interface on which the multicast datagram
arrived
Outbound interfaces Interfaces from which the multicast
datagram is forwarded
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