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group-specific query, a switch forwards it through all the router ports in the VLAN and all member ports 
of that multicast group, and performs the following to the receiving port:  
z  If any IGMP report in response to the group-specific query arrives to the member port before its 
aging timer expires, this means that some other members of that multicast group still exist under 
that port: the switch resets the aging timer of the member port.  
z  If no IGMP report in response to the group-specific query arrives to the member port before its 
aging timer expires as a response to the IGMP group-specific query, this means that no members 
of that multicast group still exist under the port: the switch deletes the forwarding entry 
corresponding to the port from the forwarding table when the aging timer expires.  
 
 
After an Ethernet switch enables IGMP Snooping, when it receives the IGMP leave message sent by a 
host in a multicast group, it judges whether the multicast group exists automatically. If the multicast 
group does not exist, the switch drops this IGMP leave message. 
 
IGMP Snooping Configuration 
The following table lists all the IGMP Snooping configuration tasks: 
Table 2-2 IGMP Snooping configuration tasks 
Operation  Remarks 
Enabling IGMP Snooping  Required 
Configuring the Version of IGMP Snooping  Optional 
Configuring Timers  Optional 
Configuring Fast Leave Processing  Optional 
Configuring a Multicast Group Filter  Optional 
Configuring the Maximum Number of Multicast Groups on a Port  Optional 
Configuring IGMP Snooping Querier  Optional 
Suppressing Flooding of Unknown Multicast Traffic in a VLAN  Optional 
Configuring Static Member Port for a Multicast Group  Optional 
Configuring a Static Router Port  Optional 
Configuring a Port as a Simulated Group Member  Optional 
Configuring a VLAN Tag for Query Messages  Optional 
Configuring Multicast VLAN  Optional