IPv6 multicast static routes

IPv6 multicast routes allow you to control the network path used by multicast traffic.

Static multicast routes are especially useful when the unicast and multicast topologies of a network are different. You can avoid the need to make the topologies similar by instead configuring static multicast routes.

You can configure more than one static IPv6 multicast route. The RUCKUS device by default uses the most specific route that matches a multicast source address. Thus, if you want to configure a multicast static route for a specific multicast source and also configure another multicast static route for all other sources, you can configure two static routes.

You can also influence route preference using cost metrics and administrative distance parameters.

Note: Regardless of the administrative distances, the RUCKUS device always prefers directly connected routes over other routes.

The following example configures an IPv6 multicast static route for a destination network with the prefix 2001:db8::0/32, a next-hop gateway with the global address 2001:db8:0:ee44::1, and an administrative distance of 110. 

device# configure terminal
device(config)# ipv6 mroute 2001:db8::0/32 2001:db8:0:ee44::1 distance 110
Parent topic: IPv6 Static Routing