IGMP throttling (limiting the number of streams for each subscriber) > Explanation of IGMP throttling (limiting the number of streams

When switch 2 drops groups by throttling, it does not send a Leave message, because IGMP snooping cannot generate IGMP packets. Therefore, the Querier (switch 1) still believes that switch 2 is interested in the throttled groups, as output from the command show ip igmp on switch 1 shows.

Manager Switch 1> show ip igmp

IGMP Protocol

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Status

...........................

 

Enabled

 

Default

Query Interval

125 secs

 

Default

Timeout Interval

260 secs

 

Last Member

Query Interval

10 (1/10secs)

 

Last Member

Query Count

2

 

Robustness Variable

2

 

Query Response Interval

100 (1/10secs)

 

Disabled All-groups ports

........

None

 

Interface Name

vlan100

(DR)

 

Group List

 

 

 

Group. 224.12.13.13

Last Adv. 172.31.0.222

Refresh time 215 secs

Ports

49

 

 

 

 

Group. 224.12.13.14

Last Adv. 172.31.0.222

Refresh time 215 secs

Ports

49

 

 

 

 

Group. 224.12.13.15

Last Adv. 172.31.0.222

Refresh time 215 secs

Ports

49

 

 

 

 

Group. 224.12.13.16

Last Adv. 172.31.0.222

Refresh time 215 secs

Ports

49

 

 

 

 

Group. 224.12.13.17

Last Adv. 172.31.0.222

Refresh time 217 secs

Ports

49

 

 

 

 

Group. 224.12.13.18

Last Adv. 172.31.0.222

Refresh time 217 secs

Ports

49

 

 

 

 

Group. 224.12.13.19

Last Adv. 172.31.0.222

Refresh time 217 secs

Ports

49

 

 

 

 

Group. 224.12.13.11

Last Adv. 172.31.0.222

Refresh time 238 secs

Ports

49

 

 

 

 

Group. 224.12.13.12

Last Adv. 172.31.0.222

Refresh time 238 secs

Ports

49

 

 

 

 

------------------------------------------------------------------------

This can cause the Querier to temporarily send more groups than necessary to a switch. The older groups will eventually time out.

Note that the group list is sorted by refresh time, not group address.

The output above also shows that the IGMP Querier only records the IP address of the last interested client—the Last Adv field shows the IP of the client who last sent an IGMP

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