Hi,
I would really appreciate some guidance / advice on the below.
I have 3 Mikrotik R82011UiAS-RM running os6.49.7 connected in the following manner;
Multicast source A (233.75.215.1) --- LAN-A ---- ROUTER-A (RP) --- SHARED SEGMENT
Multicast source B (233.75.215.2) --- LAN-B ---- ROUTER-B --------- SHARED SEGMENT
Multicast source C (233.75.215.3) --- LAN-C ---- ROUTER-C -------- SHARED SEGMENT
In the MFC table (Routing / PIM) for ROUTER-A (rendezvous point), the entries for the multicast sources B and C are being reported as having an unknown incoming interface.
I would have expected the incoming interface for these multicast sources to be ether1???
ROUTER A - MFC TABLE
GROUP------------------SOURCE---------------------RP---------------------INCOMING INTERFACE------------------------------OUTGOING INTERFACE
233.75.215.1-----------192.168.1.254 --------------10.0.1.1---------------bridge------------------------------------------------------ether1
233.75.215.2-----------192.168.2.254 --------------10.0.1.1---------------unknown--------------------------------------------------bridge, ether1
233.75.215.3-----------192.168.3.254 --------------10.0.1.1---------------unknown--------------------------------------------------bridge, ether1
ROUTER B - MFC TABLE
GROUP------------------SOURCE---------------------RP---------------------INCOMING INTERFACE------------------------------OUTGOING INTERFACE
233.75.215.1-----------192.168.1.254 --------------10.0.1.1---------------ether1------------------------------------------------------bridge
233.75.215.2-----------192.168.2.254 --------------10.0.1.1---------------bridge------------------------------------------------------register
233.75.215.3-----------192.168.3.254 --------------10.0.1.1---------------ether1------------------------------------------------------bridge
ROUTER C - MFC TABLE
GROUP------------------SOURCE---------------------RP---------------------INCOMING INTERFACE------------------------------OUTGOING INTERFACE
233.75.215.1-----------192.168.1.254 --------------10.0.1.1---------------ether1------------------------------------------------------bridge
233.75.215.2-----------192.168.2.254 --------------10.0.1.1---------------ether1------------------------------------------------------bridge
233.75.215.3-----------192.168.3.254 --------------10.0.1.1---------------bridge------------------------------------------------------register
I would like to know if the entries I am seeing are expected? I have a suspicion that the RP maybe causing packet duplication and PIM ASSERT issues by retransmitting inbound multicast packets it receives back out interface ether1??
Thanks in advance