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IGMP Snooping
To enable IGMP Snooping and identify the device as an IGMP Snooping Querier on a VLAN:
1.
Click
Configuration > Multicast > IGMP Snooping
.
2.
Enable IGMP Snooping.
When IGMP Snooping is enabled globally, the device monitoring network traffic can
determine which hosts have requested to receive Multicast traffic.
The device only performs IGMP Snooping if both IGMP snooping and Bridge Multicast
filtering are enabled.
3.
Select a VLAN, and click
Edit
.
4.
Enter the parameters:
•
VLAN ID-Select the VLAN ID on which IGMP snooping is defined.
•
IGMP Snooping Status-Enable or disable the monitoring of network traffic for the
selected VLAN.
•
Auto Learn MRouter Ports -Select to enable auto learning of the ports to which the
Mrouter is connected.
•
Immediate Leave-Select to enable Immediate Leave to decrease the time it takes
to block a Multicast stream sent to a member port when an IGMP Group Leave
message is received on that port.
•
IGMP Querier-Select to enable the IGMP Querier.
•
IGMP Querier Version-Select the IGMP version used if the device becomes the
elected querier. Select
IGMPv3
if there are switches and/or Multicast routers in
the VLAN that perform source-specific IP Multicast forwarding.