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multicasting across segments PL 06-30-08
Posted by PL on June 30, 2008, 2:10 pm
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To anyone who has ever successfully configured multicasting between
two segments on an ASA5510 v8.0...

I have been working on this for three days, and even got a whole team
of Cisco support engineers involved without much success.

Trying to configure multicasting to/from inside and dmz segments,
needs to be bidirectional.

Below is the starting config, but instead of posting everything we've
tried, I'll just leave it open to start from scratch... Btw, for
testing, we opened up the ACLs all the way as you can see below.

interface Ethernet0/1
nameif inside
security-level 100
ip address 192.168.30.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface Ethernet0/3
nameif dmz2
security-level 3
ip address 192.168.105.1 255.255.255.0
!
access-list inside_acl extended permit ip any any
access-list dmz2_acl extended permit ip any any
access-list noNAT extended permit ip 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0
192.168.105.0 255.255.255.0
access-list dmz2-noNAT extended permit ip 192.168.105.0 255.255.255.0
192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0
!
access-group inside_acl in interface inside
access-group dmz2_acl in interface dmz2
!
nat (inside) 0 access-list noNAT
nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
nat (dmz2) 0 access-list dmz2-noNAT
nat (dmz2) 3 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
!
global (outside) 1 [publicIPhidden]
global (outside) 3 [publicIPhidden]
!

Posted by mcaissie on June 30, 2008, 3:24 pm
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I have it to work on 7.2(2).

We are talking here about having the multicast source directly on the
inside or directly
on the dmz2 right ? not x hops away ?

Same thing for the client right ?

Enabling multicast-routing was not enough to make it work. I had to add a
static multicast route.
(well two since the Source may be on either side)

So here is my receipe

1- Enable multicast-routing

multicast-routing

2- Create multicast routes

mroute 192.168.105.0 255.255.255.0 inside dense dmz2
mroute 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0 dmz2 dense inside

3- Allow multicast traffic in your acl

your ok with your permit ip any any , but when you go more granular you
will
have to specify the destination IP address of the multicast source


good luck




> To anyone who has ever successfully configured multicasting between
> two segments on an ASA5510 v8.0...
>
> I have been working on this for three days, and even got a whole team
> of Cisco support engineers involved without much success.
>
> Trying to configure multicasting to/from inside and dmz segments,
> needs to be bidirectional.
>
> Below is the starting config, but instead of posting everything we've
> tried, I'll just leave it open to start from scratch... Btw, for
> testing, we opened up the ACLs all the way as you can see below.
>
> interface Ethernet0/1
> nameif inside
> security-level 100
> ip address 192.168.30.1 255.255.255.0
> !
> interface Ethernet0/3
> nameif dmz2
> security-level 3
> ip address 192.168.105.1 255.255.255.0
> !
> access-list inside_acl extended permit ip any any
> access-list dmz2_acl extended permit ip any any
> access-list noNAT extended permit ip 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0
> 192.168.105.0 255.255.255.0
> access-list dmz2-noNAT extended permit ip 192.168.105.0 255.255.255.0
> 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0
> !
> access-group inside_acl in interface inside
> access-group dmz2_acl in interface dmz2
> !
> nat (inside) 0 access-list noNAT
> nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
> nat (dmz2) 0 access-list dmz2-noNAT
> nat (dmz2) 3 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
> !
> global (outside) 1 [publicIPhidden]
> global (outside) 3 [publicIPhidden]
> !



Posted by PL on June 30, 2008, 6:16 pm
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Hmmm... Are you sure that's all there was to it?
It's still not working :(
You didn't need to define the "rp-address" or anything else like that?

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:24:52 GMT, "mcaissie"

>I have it to work on 7.2(2).
>
>We are talking here about having the multicast source directly on the
>inside or directly
>on the dmz2 right ? not x hops away ?
>
>Same thing for the client right ?
>
>Enabling multicast-routing was not enough to make it work. I had to add a
>static multicast route.
>(well two since the Source may be on either side)
>
>So here is my receipe
>
>1- Enable multicast-routing
>
>multicast-routing
>
>2- Create multicast routes
>
>mroute 192.168.105.0 255.255.255.0 inside dense dmz2
>mroute 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0 dmz2 dense inside
>
>3- Allow multicast traffic in your acl
>
> your ok with your permit ip any any , but when you go more granular you
>will
>have to specify the destination IP address of the multicast source
>
>
>good luck
>
>
>
>
>> To anyone who has ever successfully configured multicasting between
>> two segments on an ASA5510 v8.0...
>>
>> I have been working on this for three days, and even got a whole team
>> of Cisco support engineers involved without much success.
>>
>> Trying to configure multicasting to/from inside and dmz segments,
>> needs to be bidirectional.
>>
>> Below is the starting config, but instead of posting everything we've
>> tried, I'll just leave it open to start from scratch... Btw, for
>> testing, we opened up the ACLs all the way as you can see below.
>>
>> interface Ethernet0/1
>> nameif inside
>> security-level 100
>> ip address 192.168.30.1 255.255.255.0
>> !
>> interface Ethernet0/3
>> nameif dmz2
>> security-level 3
>> ip address 192.168.105.1 255.255.255.0
>> !
>> access-list inside_acl extended permit ip any any
>> access-list dmz2_acl extended permit ip any any
>> access-list noNAT extended permit ip 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0
>> 192.168.105.0 255.255.255.0
>> access-list dmz2-noNAT extended permit ip 192.168.105.0 255.255.255.0
>> 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0
>> !
>> access-group inside_acl in interface inside
>> access-group dmz2_acl in interface dmz2
>> !
>> nat (inside) 0 access-list noNAT
>> nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
>> nat (dmz2) 0 access-list dmz2-noNAT
>> nat (dmz2) 3 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
>> !
>> global (outside) 1 [publicIPhidden]
>> global (outside) 3 [publicIPhidden]
>> !
>


Posted by mcaissie on July 2, 2008, 10:56 am
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> You didn't need to define the "rp-address" or anything else like that?

My solution is assuming that the multicast Source and Clients are directly
connected on the
inside and dmz subnet. Is it your case ?

If so, you dont't need to activate PIM and you will not have any Rendez-Vous
point.
If you want the ASA to send the multicast traffic to a RP then it's
another ball game.

Where is your multicast Source and clients located exactly ?

Can you do a couple of captures to see if the multicast traffic is at least
reaching
your ASA.

access-list cdmz permit ip any 224.0.0.0 255.0.0.0
access-list cdmz permit ip 224.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 any
capture capdmz access-list cdmz interface dmz2

access-list cin permit ip any 224.0.0.0 255.0.0.0
access-list cin permit ip 224.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 any
capture capin access-list cin interface inside




> Hmmm... Are you sure that's all there was to it?
> It's still not working :(
> You didn't need to define the "rp-address" or anything else like that?
>
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:24:52 GMT, "mcaissie"
>
>>I have it to work on 7.2(2).
>>
>>We are talking here about having the multicast source directly on the
>>inside or directly
>>on the dmz2 right ? not x hops away ?
>>
>>Same thing for the client right ?
>>
>>Enabling multicast-routing was not enough to make it work. I had to add a
>>static multicast route.
>>(well two since the Source may be on either side)
>>
>>So here is my receipe
>>
>>1- Enable multicast-routing
>>
>>multicast-routing
>>
>>2- Create multicast routes
>>
>>mroute 192.168.105.0 255.255.255.0 inside dense dmz2
>>mroute 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0 dmz2 dense inside
>>
>>3- Allow multicast traffic in your acl
>>
>> your ok with your permit ip any any , but when you go more granular you
>>will
>>have to specify the destination IP address of the multicast source
>>
>>
>>good luck
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> To anyone who has ever successfully configured multicasting between
>>> two segments on an ASA5510 v8.0...
>>>
>>> I have been working on this for three days, and even got a whole team
>>> of Cisco support engineers involved without much success.
>>>
>>> Trying to configure multicasting to/from inside and dmz segments,
>>> needs to be bidirectional.
>>>
>>> Below is the starting config, but instead of posting everything we've
>>> tried, I'll just leave it open to start from scratch... Btw, for
>>> testing, we opened up the ACLs all the way as you can see below.
>>>
>>> interface Ethernet0/1
>>> nameif inside
>>> security-level 100
>>> ip address 192.168.30.1 255.255.255.0
>>> !
>>> interface Ethernet0/3
>>> nameif dmz2
>>> security-level 3
>>> ip address 192.168.105.1 255.255.255.0
>>> !
>>> access-list inside_acl extended permit ip any any
>>> access-list dmz2_acl extended permit ip any any
>>> access-list noNAT extended permit ip 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0
>>> 192.168.105.0 255.255.255.0
>>> access-list dmz2-noNAT extended permit ip 192.168.105.0 255.255.255.0
>>> 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0
>>> !
>>> access-group inside_acl in interface inside
>>> access-group dmz2_acl in interface dmz2
>>> !
>>> nat (inside) 0 access-list noNAT
>>> nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
>>> nat (dmz2) 0 access-list dmz2-noNAT
>>> nat (dmz2) 3 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
>>> !
>>> global (outside) 1 [publicIPhidden]
>>> global (outside) 3 [publicIPhidden]
>>> !
>>
>



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