Multicast Cookbook
or why my wife has three cookbooks in the kitchen cupboard
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Bob Riddle |
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Internet2 Multicast Working Group |
A Multicast Cookbook
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Multicast Definition |
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To transmit a single message packet
with a special destination address which multiple nodes on the network may be
willing to receive. |
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Why
should I care about multicast? |
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consider stats from earlier Victoria
Secrets webcast |
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More than 1 million web hits during 1st
hour |
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283% increase in web traffic during
event |
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Do the math (stream * potential
endpoints) |
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Consider the opportunities: AG, ConfXP, Video delivery |
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Milan, K12 school reduced cost of new
high school (TV, coax, etc.) |
Why do you need a Cookbook?
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Cookbook: n. |
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A book of directions and receipts for
cooking |
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Recipe n.; pl. |
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A set of directions for preparing food
from its ingredients. |
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A method or procedure for accomplishing
a goal by defined steps; -- implying a high probability of achieving the goal |
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My Kitchen Cupboard |
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Recipe books for “non-standard” meals |
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Howto instructions to guide in allow me
to serve unusual meal |
What you’ll find in this
Cookbook
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Ingredients |
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Hardware (routers, switches) |
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Software (configurations,tools,
applications) |
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Your Recipes |
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How to prepare a ? router for multicast |
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Cisco, Juniper, Force10, etc. |
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How to prepare ? switches for multicast |
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Cisco, HP, Force10, 3Com, etc. |
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How to prepare ? endpoints for multicast |
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WinXP, OS X, Linux, Wireless Hubs, etc. |
What you’ll won’t find in
this Cookbook
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My recipes (don’t have to eat my
cooking!) |
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This is not a replacement for existing
cookbooks |
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This is like the cookbooks in my
kitchen cupboard: |
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Contains recipes from others that
describe how they prepared something (ingredients, process) |
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Recipes from folks that prepared their _?_
for multicast |
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“the” recipe |
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Context matters – your “oven” may be
different from their “oven”, your ingredients may be different from their
ingredients (budget, resources, infrastructure |
so … this is your Multicast
Cookbook
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This cookbook will aid those deploying
networks that will support multicast
applications. |
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This cookbook will catalog the
experiences of those who have successfully deployed multicast across their
networks, including both the tools used and the configuration parameters for
network equipment. |
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This cookbook will be available on the web |
Chapter 1 – the Ingredients
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Overview - Internet2 Hands-on Workshop |
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Overview (PPT) |
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Multicast on the LAN / SSM (PPT) |
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Intra-domain ASM (PPT) |
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Inter-domain ASM (PPT) |
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Troubleshooting (PPT) |
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SSM Revisited / Making the Case for
Multicast (PPT) |
Chapter 1 – continued
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NLANR – Multicast Issues |
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Multicast Working Group |
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Abilene Advanced Services |
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Chapter 2 – Network related
stuff
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Peering with Abilene |
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HOWTO for Cisco, Juniper routers |
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Secure multicast infrastructure |
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NWU - Secure Multicast Network
Configuration Guide |
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lenny@juniper.net Security issues &
Recommendations |
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Matt Davy – protecting
multicast-enabled networks |
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Cisco IOS information |
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Official List of Multicast Networks |
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Looking Glass Lists |
Chapter 3 – useful pointers
Chapter 4 – Application
Stuff
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Multicast Tester |
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Tools for testing -Oregon |
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Tools for testing – NLANR |
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Tools for testing – Memphis Spotlight |
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List of Applications |
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Access Grid – ANL |
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Access Grid – Internet Futures Lab |
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DVTS and the DVGuide |
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Videolan |
Chapter 5 – Your Recipes
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Share your recipes! |
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wg-multicast@internet2.edu |
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bdr@internet2.edu |
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Critique the recipes in the Cookbook |
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join in the fun! |
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Multicast working group |
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DVGuide, AccessGrid, ConfXP, etc. |
Questions?
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