
Join the Cisco multicast networking masterclass to become an expert in multicast on Cisco routers and switches, understand protocol theory, configure devices, and troubleshoot issues through a clear step-by-step course.
Navigate this course with a structured welcome, hands-on lab setup and task-based exercises, supported by theory videos, lab demos, downloadable slides, and extra resources.
Explore the updated Udemy interface, learn how the review system and completion checkboxes work, and master playback controls, video quality, and the Q&A tab to enhance your learning.
Install the Cisco CML-based lab software, download the lab exercises including pdfs, topology diagram jpeg, yaml, and startup configs, and consider free alternatives like GNS3 or EVE-NG.
Install Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) on a laptop by enabling virtualization, installing VMware Workstation, importing the OVA, mounting the ISO, configuring network, and registering the license.
Learn to run Cisco multicast lab exercises in CML by downloading, extracting, and importing the YAML project, then starting the lab and configuring devices via the console.
Discover how to use Anki flashcards to test and reinforce Cisco multicast topics with spaced repetition. Download, install, and import decks to study by section and merge sections for review.
Understand multicast as a one-to-many IP delivery where receivers subscribe to a group. Uses class D addresses 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255, with bandwidth savings.
Understand how IGMP enables multicast by letting receivers join and leave groups, while routers use queries and reports to build a loop-free tree with PIM.
IGMP snooping lets switches forward multicast traffic only to subscribed ports by learning joins and leaves and mapping layer 3 group addresses to layer 2 mac addresses.
Configure igmp and igmp snooping in a lab demo, streaming multicast 239.1.1.1 from S1 to H1 via R1, with dhcp snooping on switch 2.
Explore how PIM builds loop-free multicast trees with IGMP joins and RPF checks, and compare dense-mode flooding with sparse-mode explicit joins using a rendezvous point.
Explore how PIM dense mode floods traffic by default, prunes via the RPF check, and maintains state across routers, with configuration steps and sparse mode comparisons.
Configure and verify PIM dense-mode in a hands-on lab, enabling multicast routing across the topology, flooding traffic and pruning it when receivers join via IGMP and graft messages.
discover how PIM sparse mode solves multicast scalability by using explicit joins and a rendezvous point, avoiding the flood of dense mode. learn how the RP coordinates source to receiver delivery, the switch from the RP shared tree to the direct source tree, and the verification commands to ensure consistent RP mapping.
Demonstrate how PIM sparse mode operates in a lab, configuring a loopback RP at 192.168.0.3, validating RP mappings, and using IGMP joins to trigger shared and shortest-path trees.
Explore AutoRP for PIM sparse mode, using candidate RPs and mapping agents to auto-learn and advertise the rendezvous point with 224.0.1.39/40, enabling redundancy and minimal manual config.
Learn AutoRP lab configuration by designating 192.168.0.6 as candidate RP and 192.168.0.1 as mapping agent, with loopback setup and PIM sparse mode.
Discover how the BSR bootstrap router dynamically advertises rendezvous points in PIMv2. Configure candidate RPs with access-control lists, priorities, and hash-based load balancing; enable redundancy and automatic failover.
Demonstrate configuring a bootstrap router and candidate rp in a lab, using loopbacks 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.6 with pim sparse mode, and verify rp mapping via bsr.
Explore bidirectional PIM, an extension of sparse mode optimized for many-to-many multicast, using a single rendezvous point distribution tree and eliminating S,G entries.
Demonstrate bidirectional PIM and sparse mode by configuring R3 as the bidirectional RP, and R2 as the sparse-mode RP, using ACLs and loopback RP, and validating with 239.0.x.x and 239.1.1.1.
Explore source specific multicast (SSM) with PIM sparse mode, IGMP v3, and S,G trees, emphasizing direct source delivery, no rendezvous point, and enhanced security through 232/8 and 239/8 ranges.
Configure source-specific multicast (SSM) from 10.0.0.10 to 232.0.0.1, enabling sparse mode, ip pim ssm default, and igmp version 3, then verify with mroute and igmp checks.
If you want to take your networking career to the next level by mastering Cisco multicast networking, then this course is for you! It gives you a deep understanding of how multicast works, and how to configure and troubleshoot it.
This is the one course you need to master multicast on Cisco routers and switches.
Full lab exercises are included so you'll get the hands-on practical skills you need to work on real world networks, and it's the only multicast course online where all questions posted in the Q&A section are answered.
It offers an easy to understand, structured approach to shortcut your path to mastering multicast networking.
In this course, you will:
· Develop advanced level Cisco multicast networking knowledge and practical skills
· Walk through complete and easy to understand explanations of each multicast concept
· Follow simple step by step instructions to build your own fully featured lab on your laptop
· Gain hands on configuration and troubleshooting experience through comprehensive lab exercises
· Learn how advanced networking really works through real world examples throughout the course
· Gain demonstrable knowledge and practical experience to supercharge your networking career
Supercharge Your Learning with Hands-on Practice
This course is chock full of activities. You’ll get over 100 pages of hands-on lab exercises with detailed answers to check your understanding every step of the way and build your configuration and troubleshooting skills. Full diagrams and lab setup files are included so you can get started immediately with just your laptop. No hardware equipment is required.
All slides in the course are also included in supplemental study notes format with expanded bullet points clearly explaining the concepts.
Why Learn from Me
In this course, you won’t just gain the book smarts to understand multicast. You’ll also hone your hands-on skills to succeed as a network engineer in the real world. I’m a professional instructor who has been entrusted by Cisco since 2007 to develop and deliver training courses for their own engineers and partners. I’ve also designed multiple training courses for the largest service providers in the Asia Pacific region such as IBM, Verizon, and the Australian National Broadband Network. I’ve spent years distilling my decades’ worth of networking experience from the field into mentoring and supporting other systems engineers, and I’m passionate about passing my knowledge of Cisco networks onto others.
As a student in this course, you’ll get lifetime access to the course materials and answers to every question you ask in the Q&A board. I love interacting with my students: anything you want to know, please ask.
Value
If you take a comparable multicast course at a training centre it will cost you thousands of dollars, and when it’s over you can’t experience the tutorials again or ask the instructor any more questions. When you take my course you can learn anytime you want in the comfort of your own home, and I’m always here for you whenever you need any help.
Not sure about the best way to pay for this course? Ask your manager at work if they’ll expense it. They won’t have to pay the large fees of traditional classroom learning or have to cover your absence for a week. They get huge value from this investment in your future.
When you’re done with the course, you’ll have truly mastered multicast on Cisco routers and switches. I’m excited to share all of my knowledge with you.
Join me on this journey to turbocharging your career!