Re: [ssm] Who uses SSM?

Yes, indeed. The routers are the easy part. To adopt to SSM an
application developer will need

- An OS that supports IGMPv3
- An API that supports IGMPv3
- Code to obtain Source IP address information in addition to group addresses

To implement it, typically a network architect will need

- minor changes to "core" routers
- IGMPv3 support from "edge" routers (may be expensive if these are old)
- IGMP v3 support from IGMP snooping switches (an unexpected  gotcha
for the multicast
community, I think it is fair to say)

It will come, but it's a slow train indeed.

Regards
Marshall Eubanks

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:21:08 -0600, Beau Williamson <bwilliam@cisco.com> wrote:
> 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 (hardware)
> is weak."
> 
> The advantages are certainly well known and there is a growing push to
> build networks that support SSM.  Unfortunately, the support for IGMPv3 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-many
> multicast applications.
> 
> Beau Williamson 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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