Multicast and Digex?

Fri Feb 13 23:11:44 UTC 1998

On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Steve Hultquist wrote:

> --On Thursday, February 12, 1998, 1:28 PM -0500 "Eric Germann"
> <ekgermann at cctec.com> wrote: 
> 
> > Anyone from Digex here?  Send me a note to discuss multicast routing. 
> Your
> > Private Network Services client said "Huh?" when asked about setting me up
> > for multicast.

You must not have asked the right person at the Private Network Services
client :)

> 
> I asked this of them during the most recent meeting and received this in
> reply:
> > Steve,
> > 
> > Mbone is not supported robustly enough by the versions of Cisco IOS that
> > DIGEX runs on our core routers.  We run standard unicast packages, and
> > multicast support is not in demand enough to see stable releases.
> > Additionally, bandwidth problems with current multicast routing structures
> > are high enough to warrant additional waiting before we implement this
> > service across our backbone after software stability has been achieved.
> >    
> > Let us know if you have any questions.
> > 
> > Richard White, Shift Mgr. 
> > Business Connectivity Technical Support

I guess that sums it up.

Austin Castaldi
Network Engineer
LCI International