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Brocade Mobility Access Point System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) User Manual

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Select Device Overrides from the Device menu to expand it into sub menu options.

Select a target device from the device browser in the lower, left-hand, side of the UI.

Select Network to expand its sub menu options.

Select IGMP Snooping.

FIGURE 154

Device Overrides - Network - IGMP Snooping Screen

Set the following parameters to configure general IGMP Snooping values.

Set the following for IGMP Querier configuration:

Enable IGMP Snooping

Select the box to enable IGMP Snooping on the access point. This feature is enabled by default.

Forward Unknown
Multicast Packets

Select this option to enable the access point to forward multicast packets from unregistered
multicast groups. If disabled, the Unknown Multicast Forward feature is also disabled for the
selected VLANs. This is enabled by default.

Enable IGMP Querier

Select this option to enable IGMP querier. IGMP snoop querier is used to keep host memberships
alive. It is primarily used in a network where there is a multicast streaming server and hosts
subscribed to the server and no IGMP querier present. The controller can perform the IGMP querier
role. An IGMP querier sends out periodic IGMP query packets. Interested hosts reply with an IGMP
report packet. IGMP snooping is only conducted on wireless radios. IGMP multicast packets are
flooded on wired ports. IGMP multicast packet are not flooded on the wired port. IGMP
membership is also learnt on it and only if present, then forwarded on that port. An AP71xx model
access point can also be an IGMP querier.

IGMP Version

Use the spinner control to set the IGMP version compatibility to one of IGMP version 1,2 or 3. The
default IGMP version is 3.