Defining Igmp Snooping Settings - Dell PowerConnect 3324 User Manual

To open the Multicast Support page:
• Click Switch > Multicast Support in the Tree View. The Multicast Support page
opens.
M u l t i c a s t S u p p o r t P a g e
The Multicast Support page includes links to the following topics:
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Defining IGMP Snooping Settings

• Adding Bridge Multicast Group Members
• Assigning Multicast Forward All Parameters
• Enabling IGMP Snooping
Defining IGMP Snooping Settings
Layer 2 switching forwards multicast packets to all relevant VLAN ports by default, treating
the packet as a multicast packet. This type of traffic forwarding is functional; however,
irrelevant ports also receive multicast traffic, causing increased network traffic.
IGMP snooping eliminates unnecessary multicast traffic by examining IGMP frames while
they are forwarded from stations to a multicast routers.
Configuring Switch Infor mation
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