Hi experts,
I am new to this forum and also new to multicast routing. I have the following problem set in which I shall configure the RB3011UiAS-RM. The current RouterOS version is 6.38.4 complete with the multicast package. I have basic understanding of the RouterOS (MTCNA + MTCWE) but totally new to Multicast Routing.
In words, I can describe the set up as per following:
2 ONT with 5 ports enabled (3 ports from ONT1 and 2 ports from ONT2). For clarity sake, let’s define the ports as following:
ONT1/eth1: carries Internet connection, to be dialed out using PPPoE via RouterOS, IP address is dynamically assigned.
ONT1/eth2: carries set of video streams via multicast IP address 224.224.1.100:1234-224.224.1.160:100 on VLAN100. This port is assigned a WAN IP address of 10.100.128.21/20, Gateway: 10.100.128.1
ONT1/eth3: carries set of video streams via multicast IP address 224.224.1.100:1234-224.224.1.160:100 on VLAN100. This port is assigned a WAN IP address of 10.100.128.22/20, Gateway: 10.100.128.1
ONT2/eth1: carries set of video streams via multicast IP address 224.224.1.100:1234-224.224.1.160:100 on VLAN100. This port is assigned a WAN IP address of 10.100.128.23/20, Gateway: 10.100.128.1
ONT2/eth2: carries set of video streams via multicast IP address 224.224.1.100:1234-224.224.1.160:100 on VLAN100. This port is assigned a WAN IP address of 10.100.128.21/20, Gateway: 10.100.128.1
All this will occupy 5 ports on the RB3011UiAS-RM (say eth1, eth2, eth3, eth4, eth5). The reason being ONT1/eth2, ONT1/eth3, ONT2/eth1, ONT2/eth2 carries the same set of streams is because of CIR on each port is limited to only 15 simultaneous multicast streams (roughly 120Mbps). More than that, it will hit the PIR which may compromise the stream quality.
RB3011UiAS-RM eth6 would be connected to the PC and another host which has 1 control port (will be connected to eth7) and 1 Input Port which to eth8 which received all the multicast signal simultaneously.
Now for the grand scheme of things, how would you decide (automatically) and configure the “load balance” of the multicast signal to take from which ONT port and in case of link failure, it can take the signal from other available ports (albeit risking hitting the CIR and going into PIR)?
Another thing is, eth7, is running on untagged VLAN100 and should be able to still reach gateway 10.100.128.1 via either of the 4 ports. On the switch, I usually set QoS on Port Priority 4, Untagged VLAN100 with dot1p trusted port.
You can refer to pdf file for some illustration (pardon my poor drawing skills).
Your kind help is very much appreciated.
Multicast Router Revised.pdf (233 KB)