IGMP
IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a
IGMP Snooping
The switch supports IGMP snooping enabling group multicast traffic to be only forwarded to ports that are members of that group; thus allowing you to significantly reduce multicast traffic passing through your switch.
IP Multicast
With IP multicast, the switch delivers IP packets to a group of hosts on the network - not everybody. In addition, the switch can send packets to Ethernet devices that are not VLAN- aware by untagging (removing the VLAN tags) IP multicast packets.
Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)
Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) is designed for applications (such as
This improves bandwidth utilization by reducing multicast traffic in the subscriber VLANs and simplifies multicast group management.
RIP
RIP (Routing Information Protocol allows a routing device to exchange routing information with other routers.
OSPF
OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) is a
DVMRP
DVMRP (Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol) is a protocol used for routing multicast data within an autonomous system (AS). DVMRP provides multicast forwarding capability to a layer 3 switch that runs both the IPv4 protocol (with IP Multicast support) and the IGMP protocol.
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