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IGMP Configuration
The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is an internal protocol of the
Internet Protocol (IP) suite. IP manages multicast traffic by using switches,
routers, and hosts that support IGMP. Enabling IGMP allows the ports to detect
IGMP queries and report packets and manage IP multicast traffic through the
switch. IGMP have three fundamental types of message as follows:
Message
Description
Query
A message sent from the querier (IGMP router or switch)
asking for a response from each host belonging to the
multicast group.
Report
A message sent by a host to the querier to indicate that
the host wants to be or is a member of a given group
indicated in the report message.
Leave
Group
A message sent by a host to the querier to indicate that
the host has quit being a member of a specific multicast
group.
The switch support IP multicast, you can enable IGMP protocol on web
management’s switch setting advanced page, then display the IGMP snooping
information. IP multicast addresses range from 224.0.0.0 through 239.255.255.255.
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