Dimension
Chapter 8
Filter and Security Setup
This chapter shows you how to set IGMP and MAC filters and port security.
8.1IGMP
Traditionally, IP packets are transmitted in one of either two ways
IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a
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2)packets transferred between IP multicast routers/switches and IP multicast hosts to learn the IP multicast group membership. It checks IGMP packets passing through it, picks out the group registration information, and configures multicasting accordingly. Without IGMP snooping, multicast traffic is treated in the same manner as broadcast traffic, that is, it is forwarded to all ports. With IGMP snooping, group multicast traffic is only forwarded to ports that are members of that group. IGMP Snooping generates no additional network traffic, allowing you to significantly reduce multicast traffic passing through your switch.
For each attached network, an IGMP server periodically sends a query message to request for group membership information. Hosts on the network that are members of a multicast group send report messages back to the IGMP server. When a host leaves a group, it sends a leave group message.
The following table describes the types of IGMP messages.
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Query | An IGMP server sends query messages asking for a response from each |
| host belonging to the multicast group. |
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Report | A host sends report messages to the IGMP server to indicate that the host |
| wants to be or is a member of a given group indicated in the report |
| message. |
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Leave Group | A host sends a leave group message to the IGMP server to indicate that the |
| host has terminated its membership of a specific multicast group. |
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