[AG-TECH] Assigning a Multicast address

Rabarison Monika Klara monika.k.rabarison at ccaix.jsums.edu
Fri Mar 5 15:07:24 CST 2004


Thanks for the insight. I will forward the info to our network manager.

Best Regards,

Monika


On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Bill Nickless wrote:

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> At 01:07 PM 3/5/2004 -0600, Rabarison Monika Klara wrote:
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> >Sorry for jumping into this talk.
> >
> >Our university is currently using the same ASN as another university.
> >Both sites cannot see nor hear each other over the AG. I have been told
> >that this is due to that ASN sharing. Is there any fix to overpass that
> >issue without getting our own ASN?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Monika
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> I don't understand how sharing an ASN would break IP multicast.  Can you 
> exchange unicast IP traffic properly with each other?  If so, then the 
> problem is probably somewhere else.
> 
> On the other hand, if you have a different routing policy than the other 
> university, then you probably should have an ASN anyway.  The last time I 
> checked, getting an ASN required only $500 in fees, plus documentation that 
> you will be peering with at least two other ASNs (such as your commercial 
> ISP and Internet2 GigaPOP, or other universities, or whatever).
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