Yeah no i get that, i know you can only filter out the exact ranges that are 
advertised but my video specifically said the 2.255.255.255 notation would not 
work with auto-rp for some reason it had to be done separately like it was IOS 
weird behaviour. Besides i'm not talking about the mapping agent, i am the RP 
and advertising myself for these ranges.

Alef

On Jun 21, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Max wrote:

> On 6/21/2011 3:22 AM, Alef wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Why doesn't auto-rp handle 2.255.255.255 properly for encompassing 
>> 228.0.0.0/8 and 230.0.0.0/8 ? it advertises out 228 /7 and 229 /7 ?
>> is this behaviour only with this mask specifically, as other wildcards don't 
>> seem to be a problem?
>> 
>> alef
>> 
>> 
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> hello,
> 
> 2.255.255.255 will correctly match 228.0.0.0/8 and 230.0.0.0/8 in an ACL, but 
> for auto-rp you need to specify each subnet/group individually in your filter 
> on the mapping agent for it to work properly. you can only filter what your 
> RP is advertising, it has to be an exact match, ranges don't work.
> 
> thanks
> max

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