Defining Igmp Interface Parameters - Dell PowerConnect 6024 User Manual

Table 8-15. Multicast Routing CLI Commands
CLI Command
ip multicast-
routing
The following is an example of the CLI commands:
Console (config)# ip multicast-routing

Defining IGMP Interface Parameters

Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP) establishes host memberships within a multicast
group. IGMP allows hosts to notify routers that they can receive multicast packets addressed to
specific multicast groups. To open the IGMP Interface Parameters page, click Router→ IP
Multicast→ IGMP Interface Parameters in the tree view.
Figure 8-20. IGMP Interface Parameters
Interface — Contains a list of IP addresseses of interfaces for which IGMP has been enabled.
IGMP Version — The current software version of IGMP. The default value is Ver. 1&2.
Query Interval (1-65535) — Amount of time in seconds that query messages are transmitted. You
can adjust the amount of IGMP messages sent on sub-networks by adjusting the value of the Query
Interval. The larger the value, the less often IGMP messages are sent. The default value is 125
seconds.
Description
Enables IP multicast routing.
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