Configuring Multicast Forwarding
Multicast Forwarding
Cisco Small Business 200 Series Smart Switch Administration Guide
This section describes the Multicast Forwarding feature, and covers the following
topics:
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Multicast Forwarding
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Defining Multicast Properties
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Adding MAC Group Address
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Adding IP Multicast Group Addresses
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Configuring IGMP Snooping
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MLD Snooping
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Querying IGMP/MLD IP Multicast Group
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Defining Multicast Router Ports
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Defining Forward All Multicast
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Defining Unregistered Multicast Settings
Multicast forwarding enables one-to-many information dissemination. Multicast
applications are useful for dissemination of information to multiple clients, where
clients do not require reception of the entire content. A typical application is a
cable-TV-like service, where clients can join a channel in the middle of a
transmission, and leave before it ends.
The data is sent only to relevant ports. Forwarding the data only to the relevant
ports conserves bandwidth and host resources on links.
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