PIM DM is useful when the senders and receivers are in close proximity, there are only a few senders, high volume of multicast traffic, and there is a constant stream of traffic. PIM SM is useful for sparsely distributed receivers and limited bandwidth. Sparse doesn't mean that there are few receivers, but that they are widely dispersed. Flooding would unnecessarily waste bandwidth in this configuration and could severely impact performance so sparse mode would be the best option in this case. Sparse mode builds a tree structure as the sender receives join requests. Regards, Aaron K. Dixon WAN Element Manager - Cisco Omnes, A Schlumberger Company -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cristina Hoselins Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 7:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PIM All, Would you please explain to me, the main reason why you would configure a router using PIM sparse mode vs PIM dense mode. Thank you Cristina ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
