Re: Query regarding IGMPv3 implementation in switch

John Zwiebel <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.magma
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mar 11, 2007, at 10:45 AM, decoy wrote:

>  1. If the IGMPv3 report message contains more than one source  
> adderss for a multicast channel how the Snooping switch will  
> maintain the forwarding table?

the receiver is trying to join more than one channel.

> 2. How is the Source selected when more than one source address is  
> present in the IGMPv3 message?

If there is more than one source, there should be more than one (S,G)  
entry in your forwarding table.


> If decision is taken by the Router then how that information will  
> be available to switch?

The switch is suppose to tell the router about every source.  The  
decision on which
channel a receiver wants to listen to is taken by the receiver.

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