Method of routing multicast traffic

摘要

A method of routing multicast traffic in a computer network is disclosed. The method comprises associating a plurality of multicast group addresses on a network device with respective multicast routing topologies. A network device and a network are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a multicast packet at a network device; identifying a multicast group address of the multicast packet; determining whether the identified multicast group address has been statically configured to be associated with a particular multicast routing topology; in response to determining that the identified multicast group address has not been statically configured, analyzing the received multicast packet to determine a multicast routing topology of the received multicast packet; and populating a particular routing table of a plurality of routing tables on the network device based on the determined multicast routing topology, each routing table associated with a respective one of a plurality of multicast group addresses, and the particular routing table being associated with the identified multicast group address.