I'm trying to get some discussion on what amount of multicast traffic is too much, and how it can be contained or stopped on an interface. I'm posting the results of a 'sho int' from an internet facing router in my network.
GigabitEthernet0/1 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is BCM1125 Internal MAC, address is 0017.9525.d251 (bia 0017.9525.d251)
Description: "to IPS TWTC cable 1"
Internet address is 216.54.146.1/24
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 11/255, rxload 4/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
Full-duplex, 1000Mb/s, media type is RJ45
output flow-control is XON, input flow-control is XON
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:00, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 701
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
5 minute input rate 15970000 bits/sec, 6261 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 46324000 bits/sec, 7216 packets/sec
1585653950 packets input, 2159729978 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
1 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 1 overrun, 0 ignored
0 watchdog, 23675 multicast, 0 pause input
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
1901197083 packets output, 3193928813 bytes, 0 underruns
4 output errors, 0 collisions, 5 interface resets
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
4 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 pause output
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
