Installing and Administering Internet Services

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Configuring mrouted
Multicast Routing Support Tools
Multicast Routing Support Tools
mrinfo
mrinfo is a multicast routing tool that requests configuration
information from mrouted and prints the information to standard out.
By default, configuration information for the local instance of mrouted is
returned. You can override the default request to the local instance of
mrouted by specifying an alternate router IP address or system name.
Type man 1m mrinfo for additional information on using mrinfo.
map-mbone
map-mbone is a multicast routing tool that requests multicast router
connection information from mrouted and prints the “connection map”
information to standard out. By default (no alternate router address
specified), the request message is sent to all the multicast routers on the
local network. If map-mbone discovers new neighbor routers from the
replies it receives, it sends an identical request to those routers. This
process continues until the list of new neighbors has been exhausted.
Type man 1m map-mbone for additional information on using
map-mbone.
netstat
netstat is a tool that can be used to display multicast-related
information including network statistics and multicast routing table
contents.
Type man 1m netstat for additional information on using netstat.