RE: [ssm] Who uses SSM?

["Marc Barisch" <mbarisch@gmx.net>]

Hello Beau,
you said that some costumers of you are already using SSM. Can you provid=
e
some figures? How much is SSM used in percentage compared to SM or others=
?
This would be very kind of you.

Best regards
Marc=20

> At 11/17/2004 01:34 PM, Sundeep Singatwaria wrote:
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> >Beau - All routers that can support PIM-SM in hardware can also suppor=
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> >PIM-SSM. We have customers using SSM mainly in the enterprise space.
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> Sundeep,
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> The problem is not the routers, it's the switches and the hosts that do=
n't
> completely support IGMPv3.
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> Beau
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> >Sundeep
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: ssm-bounces@ietf.org=20
> >[<mailto:ssm-bounces@ietf.org>mailto:ssm-bounces@ietf.org]
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:21 AM
> >To: Marc Barisch; ssm@ietf.org
> >Subject: Re: [ssm] Who uses SSM?
> >
> >At 11/17/2004 07:30 AM, Marc Barisch wrote:
> > >Hi
> > >
> > >I have read about the advantages of PIM-SSM over PIM-SM from a
> technical
> > >point of view.
> > >For a seminar paper at my university, I would like to provide some
> figures
> > >concerning the deployment of the different PIM modes, especially
> regarding
> > >TV broadcast over packet networks.
> > >
> > >Does anybody know of providers using PIM-SSM or are using all PIM-SM=
?
> > >Are there any commercial deployments regarding PIM-SSM and IPv6.
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >Marc
> >
> >Marc,
> >
> >This is a classic case of "The spirit is willing but the flesh (hardwa=
re)
> >is weak."
> >
> >The advantages are certainly well known and there is a growing push to
> >build networks that support SSM.  Unfortunately, the support for IGMPv=
3
> is
> >still not pervasive enough in end-stations and (in some cases) edge
> routers
> >and switches to actually deploy SSM.  This is slowly changing and I
> expect
> >(I hope) that we will soon see greater deployments of SSM for one-to-m=
any
> >multicast applications.
> >
> >Beau Williamson
> >
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