[AusNOG] Multicast DR election

[Ben Dale]

Hi Alex,

Higher number == Higher priority for DR election and all interfaces start with a default of 1.

Not to be confused with RP priority, which uses a lower number to indicate a higher priority and also defaults to 1.

Cheers,

Ben

On 8 Dec 2014, at 1:49 pm, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker <Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> 
> For DR election the router with the higher priority is chosen, unless equal then it's by ip address.
> 
> Now by higher priority does that mean lower number such that priority 1 will be chosen over priority 2.
> 
> Most sources I see refer to higher priority ..
> 
> Alex
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