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4.6.1 IGMP Snooping Configuration
The IGMP Configuration page let the administrator to configure the parameters for IGMP Snooping, which is used to build
forwarding lists for multicast traffic.
The default status of the IGMP Snooping function is disabled. To turn on the IGMP Snooping function, select “Enable” of
the IGMP Snooping field and click on the “Save” button to save. The screen in
Figure 4-41
appears.
Figure 4-41 IGMP Snooping Configuration and Status
The page includes the following fields:
Object
Description
• IGMP Snooping
Enables or disables IGMP snooping on the VDSL2 Switch. Ports on the VDSL2
Switch will be applied to filter the Multicast stream. When enabled, the VDSL2
Switch can automatically snoop IGMP packets and build an IP multicast address
table.
Enable : Enable IGMP Snooping.
Disable : Disable IGMP Snooping.
• Port
Indicates the number of each port.
• Status
Display IP Multicast Router Discovery result. It Iindicates which port is an IP
Multicast Router port. The possible result might be:
• Normal
• IP multicast Router port
Once IGMP Snooping is enabled, Multicast control packets are forwarded to the
appropriate port .