[e-nsp] VLAN without IGMP snooping and multicasts

[Marcin Kuczera]

On 2014-01-02 13:58, tfauriant at mousquetaires.com wrote:
> Marcin,
>
> it's correct. by default, without igmp snooping, the multicast flows 
> are broadcasted on a L2 switch.

Comming back to the subject.
You are right, it is quite obvious but it took me a moment to get it 
understood.

>
> Did you have put the multicast flow (in entry) on a protected VLAN of 
> EAPS ring ?

There is no manual configuration.
What will happen if I do it ?
Is it going to do a proper switchover if particular flow is "routed" 
manually on protected vlan ?

Regards,
Marcin


>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tristan Fauriant
>
>
>
>
> De : Marcin Kuczera <marcin at leon.pl>
> A : "extreme-nsp at puck.nether.net" <extreme-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Date : 30/12/2013 14:47
> Objet : [e-nsp] VLAN without IGMP snooping and multicasts
> Envoyé par : "extreme-nsp" <extreme-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net>
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>
>
>
> hello,
>
> we have a customer who has some strange devices transmitting "fixed"
> multicast stream without using IGMP requests in a regular way.
> So we had to turn off IGMP snooping on that vlan, otherwise transmission
> was extinguished after IGMP timers expire.
> I'am not arguing with these devices, they transmit DVB-T MUX signal in
> their own, properitary way.
>
> However, because it passes EAPS ring, I have noticed that this stream is
> also broadcasted to backup port of EAPS ring.
>
> So my question is - is it correct that multicasts when IGMP snooping is
> off are broadcasted instead of using regular FDB ?
>
> Switches: Summit-X650-24x
> Soft: ExtremeXOS version 15.3 series
>
> Regards,
> Marcin
>
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