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M4300 Intelligent Edge Series Fully Managed Stackable Switches
Configure Switching Information User Manual237
Allowing switches to snoop IGMP packets is a creative effort to solve this problem. The
switch uses the information in the IGMP packets as they are being forwarded throughout the
network to determine which segments receive packets directed to the group address.
Configure IGMP Snooping Automatically with IGMP Plus
Mode
IGMP Plus mode lets you automatically configure IGMP snooping, which is used to build
forwarding lists for multicast traffic. You can also configure IGMP snooping manually (see
Configure IGMP Snooping Manually on page 238).
To configure IGMP snooping automatically:
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 admin as the user name, enter your local device password,
and click the Login
button.
The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must specify a
local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in.
The System Information page displays.
4. Select Switching> Multicast > IGMP Snooping > Configuration.
5. Select the IGMP Plus Mode Enable or Disable radio button.