Configuring Switch Information 281
To open the Multicast Support page:
•Click Switch > Multicast Support in the Tree View. The Multicast Support page
opens.
Multicast Support Page
The Multicast Support page includes links to the following topics:
• Defining IGMP Snooping Settings
• Adding Bridge Multicast Group Members
• Assigning Multicast Forward All Parameters
• Enabling IGMP Snooping
Defining IGMP Snooping Settings
Layer 2 switching forwards multicast packets to all relevant VLAN ports by default, treating
the packet as a multicast packet. This type of traffic forwarding is functional; however,
irrelevant ports also receive multicast traffic, causing increased network traffic.
IGMP snooping eliminates unnecessary multicast traffic by examining IGMP frames while
they are forwarded from stations to a multicast routers.