42
C
HAPTER
3: U
SING
M
ULTICAST
F
ILTERING
command will configure the Switch 4400 Series to automatically
negotiate with compatible devices on VLAN 1 to become the querier.
The Switch 4400 Series is compatible with any device that conforms to
the IGMP v2 protocol. The Switch 4400 Series does not support IGMP v3.
If you have an IGMP v3 network, you should disable IGMP snooping for
all Switch units in the stack using the
snoopMode
command on the
Command Line Interface IGMP menu.
IGMP Multicast
Filtering
IGMP is the system that all IP-supporting network devices use to register
endstations with multicast groups. It can be used on all LANs and VLANs
that contain a multicast capable IP router and on other network devices
that support IP.
IGMP multicast filtering works as follows:
1
The IP router (or querier) periodically sends
query
packets to all the
endstations in the LANs or VLANs that are connected to it.
If your network has more than one IP router, then the one with the
lowest IP address becomes the querier. The Switch can be the IGMP
querier and will become so if its own IP address is lower than that of any
other IGMP queriers connected to the LAN or VLAN. However, as the
Switch only has an IP address on its default VLAN, the Switch will only
ever query on the default VLAN (VLAN1). Therefore, if there are no other
queriers on other VLANs, the IP multicast traffic will not be forwarded on
them.
2
When an IP endstation receives a query packet, it sends a
report
packet
back that identifies the multicast group that the endstation would like to
join.
3
When the report packet arrives at a port on a Switch with
IGMP multicast
learning
enabled, the Switch learns that the port is to forward traffic for
the multicast group and then forwards the packet to the router.
4
When the router receives the report packet, it registers that the LAN or
VLAN requires traffic for the multicast groups.
5
When the router forwards traffic for the multicast group to the LAN or
VLAN, the Switch units only forward the traffic to ports that received a
report packet.
Summary of Contents for 3C17205-US - Corp SUPERSTACK 3 SWITCH 4400...
Page 8: ...GLOSSARY INDEX...
Page 14: ...14...
Page 26: ...26 CHAPTER 1 SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW...
Page 44: ...44 CHAPTER 3 USING MULTICAST FILTERING...
Page 55: ...How STP Works 55 Figure 13 STP configurations...
Page 58: ...58 CHAPTER 4 USING RESILIENCE FEATURES...
Page 84: ...84 CHAPTER 7 STATUS MONITORING AND STATISTICS...
Page 92: ...92 CHAPTER 8 SETTING UP VIRTUAL LANS...
Page 98: ...98 CHAPTER 9 USING WEBCACHE SUPPORT...
Page 120: ...120 CHAPTER 12 POWER MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL...
Page 122: ...122...
Page 126: ...126 APPENDIX A CONFIGURATION RULES...
Page 134: ...134 APPENDIX B NETWORK CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES...
Page 150: ...150 GLOSSARY...