Igmp; Mld - Billion BiPAC 7800(N) User Manual

IGMP

IGMP, known as Internet Group Management Protocol, is used to manage hosts from multicast
group.
IGMP Proxy: IGMP proxy enables the system to issue IGMP host messages on behalf of the
hosts that the system has discovered through standard IGMP interfaces. The system acts as a
proxy for its hosts.
IGMP Snooping: Allows a layer 2 switch to manage the transmission of any incoming IGMP
multicast packet groups between the host and the router. Default is set to Disable.
Click Apply to confirm the settings.
Example:
When IGMP snooping is enabled, the feature will analyze all incoming IGMP packets between the
hosts that are connected to the switch and the multicast routers in the network. When the layer 2
switch receives an IGMP report from a host requesting for a given multicast group, the switch will
add the host's port number to the multicast list for that multicast group to be forwarded to. And, when
the layer 2 switch has detected that an IGMP has left, it will remove the host's port from the table
entry.

MLD

Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) enables you to manage subnet multicast membership for IPv6.
MLD is used by IPv6 routers to discover multicast listeners on a directly attached link, much as
IGMP is used in IPv4. Multicast traffic is sent to a single address but is processed by multiple hosts.
Hosts listening on a specific multicast address make up a multicast group, and they receive and
process traffic sent to the group address.
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