Chapter 6 Configuring Multicast Listener Discovery - Juniper JUNOSE SOFTWARE FOR E SERIES 11.3.X - MULTICAST ROUTING CONFIGURATION GUIDE 2010-10-07 Configuration Manual

CHAPTER 6
Configuring Multicast Listener Discovery
Copyright © 2010, Juniper Networks, Inc.
Hosts use Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) protocol in IPv6 to report their multicast
group memberships to neighboring routers. Similarly, multicast routers, such as the
E Series router, use MLD to discover which of their hosts belong to multicast groups.
This chapter describes how to configure MLD on an E Series router; it contains the
following sections:
Overview on page 180
Platform Considerations on page 181
References on page 182
Before You Begin on page 182
Configuring Static and Dynamic MLD Interfaces on page 182
Enabling MLD on an Interface on page 183
Configuring MLD Settings for an Interface on page 184
Specifying Multicast Groups on page 187
Assigning a Multicast Group to an Interface on page 188
Configuring Group Outgoing Interface Mapping on page 188
Configuring SSM Mapping on page 189
Limiting the Number of Accepted MLD Groups on page 190
Including and Excluding Traffic on page 191
Configuring Explicit Host Tracking on page 192
Disabling and Removing MLD on page 194
Monitoring MLD on page 194
MLD Proxy Overview on page 204
Configuring MLD Proxy on page 205
Setting the MLD Proxy Baseline on page 206
Monitoring MLD Proxy on page 207
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