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Re: some IGMP snooping switch evaluations


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  • From: Dan Pritts <>
  • To: Alan Crosswell <>
  • Cc:
  • Subject: Re: some IGMP snooping switch evaluations
  • Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:55:32 -0500
> 3. Why do both the HP and Cisco flood the group-specific query out all
> ports? Shouldn't this only go to the ports currently joined to the group?
> Does this matter?

I don't think it's a negative. The traffic level is trivial and it reduces
the complexity.

> 4. Why does the Cisco pass along all v3 host membership reports instead
> of just the one needed to keep the router happy? Does this matter?

see previous answer.

danno
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