WEB INTERFACE
Configuring IGMP
This protocol allows a host to inform its local switch/router that it wantstoreceivetransmissionsaddressedtoaspecificmulticastaddress group. Use the IGMP Configuration screen to set key parameters for multicast filtering as shown below.
Parameter | Description |
IGMP Status | If enabled, the switch will monitor network traffic to |
| determine which hosts want to receive multicast |
| traffic. |
Act as IGMP | If enabled, the switch can serve as the “querier,” |
Querier | which is responsible for asking hosts is they want to |
| receive multicast traffic. (Not available for the |
| current firmware release.) |
IGMP Query | The maximum number of queries issued for which |
Count | there has been no response before the switch takes |
| action to solicit reports. |
IGMP Report | The time (in seconds) between receiving an IGMP |
Delay | Report for an IP multicast address on a port before |
| the switch sends an IGMP Query out that port and |
| removes the entry from its list. |
Note: The default values are indicated in the sample screen.
