NETGEAR M4300 - Configure IGMP Snooping for Vlans

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M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches User Manual
Configure IGMP Snooping for VLANs
 To configure IGMP snooping settings for VLANs:
1. Launch a web browser.
2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login window opens.
3. Enter the user name and password.
The default admin user name is
admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
4. Click the Login button.
The System Information page displays.
5. Select Switching> Multicast > IGMP Snooping > IGMP VLAN Configuration.
6. T
o enable IGMP snooping on a VLAN, do the following:
a. Enter the VLAN ID.
b. Configure the IGMP snooping values:
• Use Admin Mode
to enable or disable IGMP snooping for the specified VLAN ID.
• Use Fast Leave
Admin Mode
to enable or disable the IGMP snooping fast leave
mode for the specified VLAN ID.
• Use Group Membership Interval to set the value for group membership interval of
IGMP snooping for the specified VLAN ID. The valid range is Maximum Response
T
ime + 1 to 3600 seconds.
• Use Maximum Response Time
to set the value for maximum response time of
IGMP snooping for the specified VLAN ID. The valid range is 1 to Group
Membership Interval - 1. Its value must be greater than group membership
interval value.
• Use Multicast Router Expiry T
ime to set the value for multicast router expiry time
of IGMP snooping for the specified VLAN ID.
The valid range is 0 to 3600
seconds.
• Use Report Suppression Mode to enable or disable IGMP snooping report
suppression mode for the specified VLAN ID. IGMP snooping report suppression
allows the suppression of the IGMP reports sent by the multicast hosts by building
a Layer 3 membership table, thereby sending only the very needed reports to the
IGMP Routers to receive the multicast traf
fic.
As a result, the multicast report
traffic being sent to the IGMP Routers is reduced.