"show ip mroute active" output possible bug?

[kfarrington]

Please can someone tell me what the output "Rate: -56 pps/104 kbps(1sec), " on group 239.255.0.3 means. I don't understand the minus sign. Is this a bug?

Many thx

Router>sh ip mroute act 1

Active IP Multicast Sources - sending >= 1 kbps

Group: 239.255.0.1, (?)

Source: 30.26.1.118 (?)

Rate: 12 pps/25 kbps(1sec), 12 kbps(last 55 secs), 20 kbps(life avg)

Source: 30.41.100.35 (?)

Rate: 4 pps/9 kbps(1sec), 9 kbps(last 17 secs), 3 kbps(life avg)

Source: 30.53.1.139 (?)

Rate: 35 pps/75 kbps(1sec), 76 kbps(last 46 secs), 22 kbps(life avg)

Group: 239.255.0.3, (?)

Source: 30.25.1.138 (?)

Rate: -56 pps/104 kbps(1sec), 107 kbps(last 54 secs), 1 kbps(life avg)

Router> sh ver

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software

IOS (tm) MSFC2 Software (C6MSFC2-JSV-M), Version 12.1(8a)E5, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RE

[maberly]

Usually this means the packets are getting dropped for a variety of reasons. I would guess in your case its an RPF failure or you have no Outgoing Interface (OIF) for that group. Check your mroute table 'show ip mroute 239.255.0.3' and see if it has any interfaces in forwarding state.