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Milan Technology MIL-SME801P User Manual

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IGMP has three fundamental types of messages:

Message

Description

Query

A message sent from the querier (IGMP router or switch)

asking for a response from each host belonging to the

multicast group.

Report

A message sent by a host to the querier to indicate that the

host wants to be or is a member of a given group indicated in

the report message.

Leave Group

A message sent by a host to the querier to indicate that the

host has quit to be a member of a specific multicast group.