IGMP Multicast Filtering IGMP is used by IP-supporting network devices to register

hosts with multicast groups. It can be used on all LANs and VLANs that contain a
multicast capable IP router, and on other network devices that support multicast
filtering. Moxa switches support IGMP version 1, 2 and 3. IGMP version 1 and 2 work
as follows:: • The IP router (or querier) periodically sends query packets to all
end-stations on the LANs or VLANs that are connected to it. For networks with more
than one IP router, the router with the lowest IP address is the querier. A switch
with IP address lower than the IP address of any other IGMP queriers connected to
the LAN or VLAN can become the IGMP querier.
• When an IP host receives a query packet, it sends a report packet back that
identifies the multicast group that the end-station would like to join.
• When the report packet arrives at a port on a switch with IGMP Snooping enabled,
the switch knows that the port should forward traffic for the multicast group, and
then proceeds to forward the packet to the router.
• When the router receives the report packet, it registers that the LAN or VLAN
requires traffic for the multicast groups.
• When the router forwards traffic for the multicast group to the LAN or VLAN, the
switches only forward the traffic to ports that received a report packet.
IGMP version 3 supports “source filtering,” which allows the system to define how
to treat packets from specified source addresses. The system can either white-list
or black-list specified sources.