Re: IPTV providers in IN/Chicago

[Rob Seastrom <rs () seastrom com>]

Brandon Martin <lists.nanog () monmotha net> writes:

> The network in
> question is IPv4 multicast capable and could somewhat trivially (I
> think) be IPv6 multicast capable (it is definitely IPv6 unicast
> capable).

You'd be surprised how many edge devices (unfortunately) support IPv6
multicast only to the degree necessary to implement neighbor
discovery.  Lean on your vendor.

And for the love of God, do SSM not ASM (requires igmpv3 or mld2).  I
can expound on the problem space off-list if you like.

-r