Iptv Configuration; Configuring Iptv Based On Igmp - TP-Link TL-R470T Plus Configuration Manual

Configuring Network
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IPTV Configuration

You can configure IPTV according to the type of IPTV service provided by your ISP:
 Configure IPTV based on IGMP.
 Configure IPTV in Bridge mode.
 Configure IPTV in Custom mode.
4.1

Configuring IPTV Based on IGMP

Some ISPs provide IPTV service based on IGMP technology. In this scenario, you can just
enable IGMP snooping and IGMP proxy, and connect your STB (Set-Top Box) to any LAN
port of the router. The IPTV stream will then be transmitted to the corresponding LAN port.
Choose the menu Network > IPTV> IPTV to load the following page.
Figure 4-1 Configuring IPTV Based on IGMP
Enable IGMP Snooping and IGMP Proxy, and choose the IGMP version, then click Save.
IGMP Snooping
IGMP Proxy
IGMP Version
Check the box to enable IGMP Snooping.
Without IGMP Snooping, the router will broadcast multicast stream to all LAN ports,
even though some LAN ports are not connected to any multicast member.
With IGMP Snooping enabled, the LAN ports listen IGMP packets transmitted between
the router and the clients and build a multicast table. The multicast table records the
multicast members and the corresponding connected LAN port. So the multicast
stream will be transmitted to only the ports that connected to multicast members.
Check the box to enable IGMP Proxy.
IGMP Proxy sends IGMP querier packets to the LAN ports to detect if there is any
multicast member connected to the LAN ports.
Choose the IGMP version as V2 or V3. The default is IGMP V2.
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