SMC Networks SMCGS24C-Smart manual Igmp Snoop, Settings Field Attributes

CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

IGMP Snoop

The switch can use Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) to filter multicast traffic. IGMP Snooping monitors IGMP service requests passing between multicast clients and servers, and dynamically configures the ports which need to recieve the mulitcast traffic.

Note: For IGMPV3, the switch incudes basic support for reports only, Source Multicast is not supported.

Settings

Field Attributes

IGMP Snooping Configuration

•IGMP Enabled - When enabled, the switch will monitor network traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic.

•Router Ports - Set if ports are conneting to the IGMP administrative routers.

•Unregistered IPMC Flooding enabled - Set the forwarding mode for unregistered (not-joined) IP multicast traffic. The traffic will flood when enabled, and forward to router-ports only when disabled.

IGMP Snooping VLAN Configuration

•VLAN ID - The VLAN ID. This cannot be changed.

•IGMP Snooping Enabled -When enabled, the port will monitor network traffic to determine which hosts want to receive the multicast traffic.

•IGMP Querying Enabled - When enabled, the port can serve as the Querier, which is responsible for asking hosts if they want to receive multicast traffic.

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