
Configuring IP Multicasting and Multimedia Services
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In addition to soliciting multicast group membership information from directly
attached networks, the IGMP Relay device relays multicast data packets generated
by downstream hosts to the upstream IP multicast router. IGMP Relay also
receives multicast data packets from the upstream multicast router and forwards
them to the appropriate group members.
In Figure 9-4
, for example, the following events occur:
1. Host 1 generates a datagram addressed to a multicast group and sends it
upstream to the IGMP Relay device.
2. IGMP Relay forwards the multicast datagram upstream to the IP multicast
router. IGMP Relay also forwards the packet on a downstream interface to a
local group member.
3. The IP multicast router sends the datagram out the appropriate interface or
interfaces to remote group members.
Figure 9-4. IGMP Relay and Upstream Multicast Data
A downstream host can also send an unsolicited join message to the IGMP Relay
device. IGMP Relay forwards the message upstream to the IP multicast router.
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LAN B
LAN C
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