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Internet group management protocol (igmp) – D-Link DES-3326 User Manual

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DES-3326 Layer 3 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide

224.0.0.2

All Routers on this subnet

224.0.0.3

Unassigned

224.0.0.4

DVMRP Routers

224.0.0.5

OSPF IGP Routers

224.0.0.6

OSPF IGP Designated Routers

224.0.0.7

ST Routers

224.0.0.8

ST Hosts

224.0.0.9

All RIP2 Routers

224.0.0.10

All IGRP Routers

224.0.0.11

Mobile Agents

224.0.0.12

DHCP Servers and Relay Agents

224.0.0.13

All PIM Routers

224.0.0.14

RSVP Encapsulation

224.0.0.15

All CBT Routers

224.0.0.16

Designated Sbm

224.0.0.17

All Sbms

224.0.0.18

VRRP

224.0.0.19

through

224.0.0.225

Unassigned

224.0.0.21

DVMRP on MOSPF

Table 5-10. Reserved Multicast Address Assignment

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)

End users that want to receive multicast packets must be able to inform nearby routers that they want
to become a multicast group member of the group these packets are being sent to. The Internet Group
Management Protocol (IGMP) is used by multicast routers to maintain multicast group membership.
IGMP is also used to coordinate between multiple multicast routers that may be present on a network
by electing one of the multicast routers as the ‘querier’. This router then keep track of the membership
of multicast groups that have active members on the network. IGMP is used to determine whether the
router should forward multicast packets it receives to the subnetworks it is attached to or not. A
multicast router that has received a multicast packet will check to determine if there is at least one
member of a multicast group that has requested to receive multicast packets from this source. If there
is one member, the packet is forwarded. If there are no members, the packet is dropped.

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