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Cisco ASA Series CLI Configuration Guide
 
Chapter 1      Configuring Multicast Routing
  Customizing Multicast Routing
Configuring IGMP Group Membership 
You can configure the ASA to be a member of a multicast group. Configuring the ASA to join a multicast 
group causes upstream routers to maintain multicast routing table information for that group and keep 
the paths for that group active.
Note If you want to forward multicast packets for a specific group to an interface without the ASA accepting 
those packets as part of the group, see the “Configuring a Statically Joined IGMP Group” section on 
page 1-7.
To have the ASA join a multicast group, enter the following command:
Configuring a Statically Joined IGMP Group
Sometimes a group member cannot report its membership in the group because of some configuration, 
or there may be no members of a group on the network segment. However, you still want multicast traffic 
for that group to be sent to that network segment. You can have multicast traffic for that group sent to 
the segment by configuring a statically joined IGMP group.
Enter the igmp static-group command. The ASA does not accept the multicast packets, but instead 
forwards them to the specified interface.
To configure a statically joined multicast group on an interface,enter the following command:
Command Purpose
igmp join-group group-address
Example:
hostname(config-if)# igmp join-group 
mcast-group
Configures the ASA to be a member of a multicast group. 
The group-address
 argument is the IP address of the group.
Command Purpose
igmp static-group
Example:
hostname(config-if)# igmp static-group 
group-address
Configures the ASA statically to join a multicast group on an interface. 
The group-address
 argument is the IP address of the group.