[a-nsp] static multicast join?

[Sabri Berisha]

Hi,

If it's just one device, you can consider putting a small linux bridge in the form of an OpenWRT device in between. That will give you a lot more flexibility.

Thanks, 

Sabri

----- On Mar 2, 2020, at 12:01 PM, Bryan Holloway bryan at shout.net wrote:

> On 3/2/20 8:45 PM, Patrick Okui wrote:
>> On 2 Mar 2020, at 22:34 EAT, Bryan Holloway wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey Sabri -- thank you for the quick response!
>>>
>>> However, in this particular case, the Arista port is Layer 2 only on
>>> an access-port assigned to a VLAN.
>>>
>>> I've tried the 'ip igmp static-group' command, but nothing happens.
>> 
>> I think joins by definition can only be done by l3 interfaces. In this
>> case I think you’d have to do it on the VLAN virtual interface.
>> 
>> L2 interfaces can only do igmp snooping.
>> 
>> --
>> patrick
> 
> 
> Agreed ... that was my take too, but it was worth a shot. :)
> 
> Unfortunately, creating a "surrogate" SVI didn't help either. The
> far-side L3 interface is several switches upstream, and, while I can
> successfully create static joins from it, nothing propagates downstream
> because the recalcitrant device won't send joins.
> 
> Grrr ...