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2.In the top panel under Status, click IGMP Snooping Status.

3.In the VLAN Name field, enter the name of the VLAN to retrieve IGMP snooping information.

4.Click Find.

The table displays this information.

Field	Description

Multicast Group	The IP address of a multicast group learned by IGMP snooping.

MAC Address	The corresponding MAC address learned by IGMP snooping.

Port Map	The ports that have forwarded multicast packets from the above source.

Reports	The number of IGMP reports for the listed source.

To view the IP multicast forwarding table

You can browse the IP multicast forwarding table for static and dynamic (learned) entries. You can also search the table using a combination of a multicast group IP address, a multicast source IP address, and a subnet mask.

1.In the left panel, click Network Monitoring.

2.In the top panel under Status, click IP Multicast Forwarding Table.

3.Enter a multicast group address, a source IP address, and a source subnet mask address. To find all multicast groups known to the switch, use 0.0.0.0 for all the addresses.

4.Click Find.

The table displays this information.

	Column	Description

	Multicast Group	The IP address of a multicast group.

	Source IP Address.	The IP address of a multicast source.

	Source Mask	The subnet mask of a multicast source.

	Upstream Neighbor	The IP address of the next hop router between the multicast group and the
	Upstream Neighbor	source.
		source.

	Expire Time	The number of seconds the packets from the multicast source can live.

	Protocol	The multicast routing protocol used by the current source.

To view the IGMP group table

You can search the IGMP table using a combination of an IP interface name and a multicast group IP address.

1.In the left panel, click Network Monitoring.

2.In the top panel under Status, click IGMP Group Table

3.In the Interface Name field, enter the name of an IP interface.

4.In the Multicast Group field, enter the IP address of a multicast group. To find all groups for the specified IP interface, use 0.0.0.0 for the address.

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ZT 8101 10/100 specifications

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Using the Web Console

Field

To view the IP multicast forwarding table

Column

To view the IGMP group table

ZT 8101 10/100 specifications