Hi every1, i was playing with PIM-SM, i am not going into the detail of my network but just showing you the output i want you guys to check.

R3#sh ip mroute

IP Multicast Routing Table

Flags: D - Dense, S - Sparse, B - Bidir Group, s - SSM Group, C - Connected,

L - Local, P - Pruned, R - RP-bit set, F - Register flag,

T - SPT-bit set, J - Join SPT, M - MSDP created entry,

X - Proxy Join Timer Running, A - Candidate for MSDP Advertisement,

U - URD, I - Received Source Specific Host Report,

Z - Multicast Tunnel, z - MDT-data group sender,

Y - Joined MDT-data group, y - Sending to MDT-data group

Outgoing interface flags: H - Hardware switched, A - Assert winner

Timers: Uptime/Expires

Interface state: Interface, Next-Hop or VCD, State/Mode

(*, 225.5.5.5), 00:07:55/00:03:28, RP 10.1.4.4, flags: SJC

Incoming interface: Serial0/1, RPF nbr 12.0.0.1

Outgoing interface list:

Ethernet1/0, Forward/Sparse, 00:07:55/00:03:28

(20.0.0.1, 225.5.5.5), 00:00:20/00:02:39, flags:

Incoming interface: Serial0/0, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0

Outgoing interface list:

Ethernet1/0, Forward/Sparse, 00:00:20/00:03:28

(*, 224.0.1.40), 00:07:59/00:03:27, RP 10.1.4.4, flags: SJCL

Incoming interface: Serial0/1, RPF nbr 12.0.0.1

Outgoing interface list:

Ethernet1/0, Forward/Sparse, 00:07:53/00:03:27

Serial0/0, Forward/Sparse, 00:07:59/00:01:57

Kindly look for this statement

(20.0.0.1, 225.5.5.5), 00:00:20/00:02:39, flags:

Why there is no flag set ?? let me tell you that R3 is connected to a multicast client directly on its lan interface and when i tested my multicast network, client was able to get it successfully, but i am confused why no flag is set ?

am i missing something here ???