Alteon OS Application Guide

Additional IGMP Features

The following topics are discussed in this section:

„“FastLeave” on page 168

„“IGMP Filtering” on page 168

FastLeave

In normal IGMP operation, when the receives an IGMPv2 leave message, it sends a Group- Specific Query to determine if any other devices in the same group (and on the same port) are still interested in the specified multicast group traffic. The switch removes the affiliated port from that particular group, if the following conditions apply:

„If the switch does not receive an IGMP Membership Report within the query-response- interval.

„If no multicast routers have been learned on that port.

With FastLeave enabled on the VLAN, a port can be removed immediately from the port list of the group entry when the IGMP Leave message is received, unless a multicast router was learned on the port.

Enable FastLeave only on VLANs that have only one host connected to each physical port.

IGMP Filtering

With IGMP Filtering, you can allow or deny a port to send and receive multicast traffic to cer- tain multicast groups. Unauthorized users are restricted from streaming multicast traffic across the network.

If access to a multicast group is denied, IGMP Membership Reports from the port are dropped, and the port is not allowed to receive IP multicast traffic from that group. If access to the mul- ticast group is allowed, Membership Reports from the port are forwarded for normal process- ing.

To configure IGMP Filtering, you must globally enable IGMP filtering, define an IGMP filter, assign the filter to a port, and enable IGMP Filtering on the port. To define an IGMP filter, you must configure a range of IP multicast groups, choose whether the filter will allow or deny multicast traffic for groups within the range, and enable the filter.

Configuring the Range

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42C4911 specifications

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