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IGMP Fastleave
Jul 08,2008 00:00
by
admin
IGMP Fastleave
With IGMP fastleave enabled, the switch removes the port from
the multicast forwarding table without sending a MAC-based query to the port.
The purpose behind fastleave is to quickly transition the port or VLAN off the
multicast stream. Most customers have not deployed fastleave today. Fastleave
should not be enabled on ports that have hubs connected to them. For example,
two hosts are off the same hub, which is connected to a port on a Catalyst
switch with IGMP fastleave enabled. If one host leaves, the switch immediately
takes the port off the multicast forwarding table. As a result, the second host
on the hub will lose its multicast traffic. IGMP fastleave is disabled on trunk
ports.
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