CHAPTER 15: IGMP

IGMP

15.1.4 Reserved Addresses Excluded from IP Multicast (IGMP) Filtering

Traffic to IP multicast groups in address range 224.0.0.0 to 224.0.0.255 will always be flooded because addresses in this range are “well known” or “reserved”. Thus, if IP Multicast is enabled and there is an IP multicast group within the reserved address range, traffic to that group will be flooded instead of filtered by the switch.

15.1.5 IGMP Support

The MultiLink ML1200 Managed Field Switch supports IGMP version 1 and version 2. The switch can act either as a querier or a nonquerier. The querier router periodically sends general query messages to solicit group membership information. Hosts on the network that are members of a multicast group send report messages. When a host leaves a group, it sends a leave group message. The difference between Version 1 and Version 2 is that version 1 does not have a “Leave” mechanism for the host. The MultiLink ML1200 Managed Field Switch does pruning when there is a leave message or a time expires on a port, we prune the multicast group membership on that port.

1.The MultiLink ML1200 Managed Field Switch supports only the default VLAN. It can be enabled within a port VLAN, tagged VLAN, or no VLAN. It can snoop up to 256 multi-cast Groups.

2.IGMP is disabled as a default. It has to be enabled to leverage the benefits of IGMP.

3.The MultiLink ML1200 Managed Field Switch supports only the default VLAN. It can be enabled within a port VLAN, tagged VLAN, or no VLAN. It can snoop up to 256 multi-cast Groups.

4.IGMP works only on default VLAN (DEFAULT_VLAN or VID = 1).

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