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DES-3226S Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Switch User's Guide
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DES-3226S Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Switch User's Guide The IGMP Type codes are shown below: Type Meaning 0x11 Membership Query (if Group Address is 0.0.0.0) 0x11 Specific Group Membership Query (if Group Address is Present) 0x16 0x17 0x12 Membership Report (version 2) Leave a Group (version 2) Membership Report (version 1) Table 3. IGMP Type Codes Multicast routers use IGMP to manage multicast group memberships: • An IGMP "report" is sent by a user's computer to join a group • IGMP version 1 does not have an explicit 'leave' message. Group members have an expiration timer, and if this timer expires before a query response is returned, the member is dropped from the group. • IGMP version 2 introduces an explicit "leave" report. When a user wants to leave a group, this report is sent to the multicast router (for IGMP version 2). • Multicast routers send IGMP queries (to the all-hosts group address: 224.0.0.1) periodically to see whether any group members exist on their subnetworks. If there is no response from a particular group, the router assumes that there are no group members on the network, and multicast packets are not forwarded. The TTL field of query messages is set to 1 so that the queries do not get forwarded to other subnetworks. IGMP version 2 introduces a few extensions to IGMP version 1 such as, the election of a single multicast querier for each network, explicit 'leave' reports, and queries that are specific to a particular multicast group. The router with the lowest IP address is elected as the querier. The explicit group leave message is added to decrease latency, and routers can ask for membership reports from a particular multicast group ID. The transition states a host will go through to join or leave a multicast group are shown in the diagram below. Figure 5 - 9. IGMP State Transitions 36