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PIM-SM on Switch A

 

  1. Enable IP routing on the switch.

    (Netgear Switch)#configure
    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip routing
     
  2. Enable PIM-SM on the switch

    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip pim sparse
     
  3. Enable IP multicast forwarding on the switch.

    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip multicast
     
  4. Enable RIP to build a unicast IP routing table

    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#interface 1/0/1
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/1)#routing
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/1)#ip address 192.168.2.2 255.255.255.0
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/1)#ip rip
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/1)#ip pim
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/1)#exit

    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#interface 1/0/9
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/9)#routing
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/9)#ip address 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/9)#ip rip
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/9)#ip pim
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/9)#exit

    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#interface 1/0/13
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/13)#routing
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/13)#ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/13)#ip rip
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/13)#ip pim
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/1)#exit

 

 

PIM-SM on Switch B

 

 

  1. Enable the switch to advertise itself as a PIM candidate rendezvous point (RP) to the bootstrap router (BSR).

    (Netgear Switch)#configure
    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip routing
    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip pim sparse
    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip multicast
    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip pim sparse rp-candidate interface 1/0/11 225.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
     
  2.  Enable the switch to announce its candidacy as a bootstrap router (BSR).

    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip pim sparse bsr-candidate interface 1/0/10 30 7

    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#interface 1/0/10
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/10)#routing
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/10)#ip address 192.168.3.2 255.255.255.0
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/10)#ip rip
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/10)#ip pim
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/10)#exit

    (Netgear Switch) (Config)#interface 1/0/11
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/11)#routing
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/11)#ip address 192.168.5.1 255.255.255.0
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/11)#ip rip
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/11)#ip pim
    (Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/11)#exit
     

 

 

PIM-SM on Switch C

 

 

(Netgear Switch)#configure
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip routing
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip pim sparse
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip multicast
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip pim sparse rp-candidate interface 1/0/22 225.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip pim sparse bsr-candidate interface 1/0/21 30 5
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#interface 1/0/21
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/21)#routing
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/21)#ip address 192.168.5.2 255.255.255.0
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/21)#ip rip
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/21)#ip pim
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/21)#exit
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#interface 1/0/22
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/22)#routing
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/22)#ip address 192.168.6.1 255.255.255.0
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/22)#ip rip
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/22)#ip pim
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/22)#exit

 

 

PIM-SM on Switch D

 

 

(Netgear Switch)#configure
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip multicast
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip routing
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip igmp
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip pim sparse
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip pim rp-candidate interface 1/0/22 225.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#ip pim bsr-candidate interface 1/0/22 30 3
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#interface 1/0/21
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/21)#routing
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/21)#ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/21)#ip rip
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/21)#ip pim
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/21)#exit
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#interface 1/0/22
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/22)#routing
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/22)#ip address 192.168.6.2 255.255.255.0
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/22)#ip rip
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/22)#ip pim
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/22)#exit
(Netgear Switch) (Config)#interface 1/0/24
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/24)#routing
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/24)#ip address 192.168.4.1 255.255.255.0
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/24)#ip rip
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/24)#ip igmp
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/24)#ip pim
(Netgear Switch) (Interface 1/0/24)#exit

 

PIM-SM builds the multicast route table on each switch. The following tables show the routes that are built after PIM-SM switches to the source-specific tree from the shared tree.

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For more information, see the following support articles:

 

 

This article applies to the following managed switches and their respective firmware:

 

 

  • M5300 - firmware version 10.0.0.x
    • M5300-28G (GSM7228S)
    • M5300-5G (GSM7252S)
    • M5300-28G3 (GSM7328Sv2h2)
    • M5300-52G3 (GSM7352Sv2h2)
    • M5300-28G_POE+ (GSM7228PSv1h2)
    • M5300-52G-POE+ (GSM7252PSv1h2)
    • M5300-28GF3 (GSM7328FSv2)
  • XSM7224S - firmware version 9.0.1.x (license required to support the feature described in this article)
Last Updated:07/07/2025 | Article ID: 21982

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