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Leaving and Staying in Groups
The following illustration shows how multicast routers track and refresh state changes in response to group-and-specific and
general queries.
1. Host 1 sends a message indicating it is leaving group 224.1.1.1 and that the included filter for 10.11.1.1 and 10.11.1.2 are no
longer necessary.
2. The querier, before making any state changes, sends a group-and-source query to see if any other host is interested in these
two sources; queries for state-changes are retransmitted multiple times. If any are, they respond with their current state
information and the querier refreshes the relevant state information.
3. Separately in the following illustration, the querier sends a general query to 224.0.0.1.
4. Host 2 responds to the periodic general query so the querier refreshes the state information for that group.
Figure 52. Membership Queries: Leaving and Staying
Configure IGMP
Configuring IGMP is a two-step process.
1. Enable multicast routing using the ip multicast-routing command.
2. Enable a multicast routing protocol.
Related Configuration Tasks
● Viewing IGMP Enabled Interfaces
● Selecting an IGMP Version
● Viewing IGMP Groups
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
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