Planet WGSW-2840 [76/104] Igmp snooping configuration

A host will never send a report when it wants to leave a group (for version 1).

A host will send a “leave” report when it wants to leave a group (for version 2).

Multicast routers send IGMP queries (to the all-hosts group address: 224.0.0.1) periodically to see whether any

group members exist on their sub networks. If there is no response from a particular group, the router assumes

that there are no group members on the network.

The Time-to-Live (TTL) field of query messages is set to 1 so that the queries will not be forwarded to other sub

networks.

IGMP version 2 introduces some enhancements such as a method to elect a multicast queried for each LAN, an

explicit leave message, and query messages that are specific to a given group.

The states a computer will go through to join or to leave a multicast group are shown below:

Non-Member

Delaying Member Idle Member

Leave Group

(Stop Timer)

Join Group

(Send Report,

Start Timer)

Query Received

(Start Timer)

Report Received

(Stop Timer)

Timer Expried

(Send report)

IGMP State Transitions

4.9.2 IGMP Snooping Configuration

The default status of the IGMP Snooping function is disabled. To turn on the IGMP Snooping, select “Enable” of

the IGMP Snooping Status field and click on the “OK” button to save.

The following fields can be set for IGMP Port Policy configuration:

 Immediate-Leave: Indicates the port , which will be limited for the accepted IGMP groups

 Forwarding all leave pkt: Use to limit the number of IGMP groups that an interface can accept. The

possible value as following: