IPTV and ASM

Wed Dec 28 22:19:14 UTC 2011

Marshall,

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Marshall Eubanks
<marshall.eubanks at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Mike;
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Mike McBride <mmcbride7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anyone using ASM (versus SSM) for IPTV? If so why?
>>
>
> From what I understand, the answer is likely to be "yes" and the
> reason is likely to be "deployed equipment only
> supports IGMP v2."

Agreed. I'm seeking confirmation, from IPTV implementers, that non
igmpv3 support is the reason for using ASM with IPTV. Versus other
reasons such as reducing state. Or is this a non issue and everyone is
using SSM with IPTV?

thanks,
mike

> Regards
> Marshall
>
>> thanks,
>> mike
>>