Review Questions

1: Which multicast routing protocols does Cisco support?
2: How are PIM messages encapsulated for transmission on a network?
3: Do hosts or routers run IGMP?
4: PIM dense mode is a very simple protocol, yet it is not suitable for all applications. Why not?
5: Should you configure sparse mode or dense mode PIM on routers in your network?
6: What is the deployment/standards status of MBGP and MSDP?
7: Why might multicast and unicast topologies be incongruent?
8: What are the benefits of auto-RP over PIM V2's BSR mechanisms?
9: What are possible configuration options for obtaining multicast from your ISP? Address the cases in which you have an RP and the cases in which you do not.

Answers:

A1: Cisco does not provide implementations of ...

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