<DIV>i noticed last night the TTL=1... is seems to be the issue..</DIV>
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<DIV>how do I increase the TTL to something higher? I am using vlc media player to send multicast traffic.. I don't see a knob.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am using cisco Internetwork ver 12.1.5<BR><BR><B><I>Mark Moriarty <mfmbusiness@earthlink.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">For multicast on a Cisco, you need the IP Plus version of Cisco IOS -- do<BR>you have that? <BR><BR>Once you have IP Plus, there are only a few command lines needed for the<BR>router config.<BR><BR>The one "gotcha" at the server end is you need to adjust TTL (time to live).<BR>The VLC default is something like 0 -- just increase that to, say, 12<BR>(Overkill going through only a pair of routers, but it's what was in the<BR>documentation somewhere, and it works fine)<BR><BR>(we just enabled VLC multicast through a pair of 1700-series routers 3 weeks<BR>ago -- works OK)<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: vlc-bounce@videolan.org [mailto:vlc-bounce@videolan.org] On Behalf Of<BR>Philippe Van Hecke<BR>Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:42 AM<BR>To: vlc@videolan.org<BR>Subject: [vlc] Re: streaming, across cisco routers<BR><BR>Le Friday 02 July 2004 05:31, Eric Sandoval a écrit :<BR>>
new to using vlc...<BR>><BR>> it works great in a local broadcast domain, but I am having trouble <BR>> multicasting it across a cisco router... Very simple.. I have a <BR>> client on a second ethernet interface (/24) and the source is on the <BR>> first ethernet interface (/24)... I just can't get vlc to work in the<BR>topology...<BR>><BR>> any help appreciated..<BR>><BR>> thanks!!!<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> ---------------------------------<BR>> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.<BR>To be able to forward multicast traffic across two interfaces you should<BR>enable multicast routing protocol on both interfaces. On cisco you have<BR>choice between old DVRMP protocol, PIM Sparse-mode or pim dense-mode.<BR><BR>This is best to enable pim sparse mode.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Philippe<BR><BR>--<BR>__________________________________________________________________<BR>Philippe Van Hecke - BELNET, The Belgian
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