DIGITAL GIGAswitch/Router User Reference Manual
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Configuring IGMP
Configuring IGMP
You configure IGMP on the GSR by performing the following configuration tasks:
•
Creating IP interfaces
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Setting global parameters that will be used for all the interfaces on which DVMRP is
enabled
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Configuring IGMP on individual interfaces. You do so by enabling and disabling
IGMP on interfaces and then setting IGMP parameters on the interfaces on which
IGMP is enabled
•
Start the multicast routing protocol (i.e., DVMRP)
Configuring IGMP on an IP Interface
By default IGMP is disabled on the GSR.
To enable IGMP on an interface, enter the following command in Configure mode:
Configuring IGMP Query Interval
You can configure the GSR with a different IGMP Host Membership Query time interval.
The interval you set applies to all ports on the GSR. The default query time interval is 125
seconds.
To configure the IGMP host membership query time interval, enter the following
command in Configure mode:
Enable IGMP on an interface.
igmp enable interface
<ipAddr>
Configure the IGMP host
membership query time interval.
igmp set queryinterval
<num>