Operation Manual

70
MLD Snooping
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping operates on
theIPv6trafclevelfordiscoveringmulticastlisteners
on a directly attached port and performs a similar
function to IGMP Snooping for IPv4. MLD snooping
allows the Switch to examine MLD packets and make
forwarding decisions based on content. MLD Snooping
limitsIPv6multicasttrafcbydynamicallyconguring
theSwitchportsothatmulticasttrafcisforwarded
only to those ports that wish to receive it. This reduces
theoodingofIPv6multicastpacketsinthespecied
VLANs. Both IGMP and MLD Snooping can be active at
the same time.
Global Settings
MLD Snooping Status: Select to Enable or Disable MLD
Snooping on the Switch. The Switch
snoops all MLD packets it receives to
determine which segments should
receive packets directed to the group
address when enabled.
MLD Snooping Version:
Select the MLD version you wish to
use. If an MLD packet received by the
interface has a version higher than the
specied version, this packet will be
dropped.
MLD Snooping Report
Suppression:
The report suppression feature limits
the amount of membership reports the
member sends to multicast capable
routers.
Click the Apply button to accept the changes or the
Cancel button to discard them.