Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:41:58 +0100 From: "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org> To: "Archimedes S. Gaviola" <agaviola@infoweapons.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Removal of mrouted in FreeBSD-7.0] Message-ID: <484A49D6.1000808@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4849C87F.9030804@infoweapons.com> References: <4849C87F.9030804@infoweapons.com>
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Archimedes S. Gaviola wrote: > Hi! I have just read from the FreeBSD-7.0 release notes > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/relnotes.html that the mrouted > multicast routing protocol (DVMRP implementation) has been removed > from the base system. I want to know what multicast routing protocol > will served as replacement to this? The KAME snap kit have PIM-SM and > PIM-DM implementations but are specific only to IPv6. DVMRP is something of a legacy protocol now, most deployments use PIM-SM. mrouted is still available in ports as other folk have pointed out If you want a freely available router with full multicast capability, please give XORP a try.
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