The Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP)[Pus97, , , ] is a routing protocol which allows multipoint communication (Multicasting) and is currently used in the Multicast Backbone (MBone)[Eri94]. This Applet visualizes the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) by simulating the algorithm. It's goal is to help students during their pre-exam preparations. A more detailed description of DVMRP and the applet can be found in Robert Dendas study-thesis[Den97] (German).
This web page shall give a short introduction to the DVMRP algorithm and explain how to work with the applet. Unfortunatly it is still very easy to crash the applet by fast interactions and we must ask all users to be patient with the animation.