[streaming] Re: Multicast streaming over VPN

[Ari Constancio]

Thanks for the replies!

Probably the IGMP proxy is the missing part I'm looking for; smcroute
can be used for static routes.

Ari Constancio

On 12/2/06, Martin Forget <mforget at mtotelecom.com> wrote:
> we did the same thing and it works great.
>
> cisco 3750 layer 3 at the core (for GRE tunnel termination)
>
> linksys WRT54G with openwrt at the cpe
>
>
> the linksys initiates a gre tunnel to the cisco switch/router,
>
> you also need an igmpproxy daemon running on openwrt to forward the
> igmp messages over the tunnel
> and some static routing in openwrt.
>
> the network architecture looks like:
> settobox/vlc client-->lan(private) -->igmp_proxy-->gre tunnel-->NAT
> (linksys)-->internet-->gre terminator-->multicast network
>
>
> i dont' remember the exact igmpproxy software that we had to cross-
> compile for linksys MIPS processors
> but if you want, i could find out... or get a binary
>
> -martin
>
> On 30-Nov-06, at 1:55 AM, lartc wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 07:08 +1100, Matthew Geier wrote:
> >> Ari Constancio wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying to send multicast video streaming over a VPN (PPTP)
> >>
> >>> Is there anyone here with experience on this?
> >
> > if i remember correctly, GRE tunnels support igmp/multicast ...
> >
> > hth
> >
> > charles
> >
> >
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