Multicast can become a head ache in a narrow bandwidth infrastructure.
Anyway, IGMP helps much more to implement related multicast technologies such IPTV..
Specially to reduce the multicast bandwidth which can occupy all the way path to the end user.
Let say, there are 50 channels of TV needed to be streamed out from an IPTV head end.
Each of channel requires 2 Mbps of bandwidth.
Without IGMP, the total bandwidth broadcasted UDP ly.. to end user : 100 Mbps.
Therefor, user with limited bandwidth cannot accommodate and tolerance against this requirement.
By enabling IGMP, end user only needs 2 Mbps of bandwidth to play the IPTV channel.
And if the STB Off, no unwanted multicast bandwidth coming
Wiki Doc –
IGMP snooping is the process of listening to Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) network traffic. IGMP snooping, as implied by the name, is a feature that allows a network switch to listen in on the IGMP conversation between hosts and routers. By listening to these conversations the switch maintains a map of which links need which IP multicast streams. Multicast may be filtered from the links which do not need them.
The configuration (we are streaming two channels to all over network).
interface vlan23
ip address 192.168.10.254/24
ip igmp snooping querier
If you want to view statistics for ONT,
You need to configure PM (Performance Management) for ONT as follows.
gpon-omch
onu pm 3/3 1
The output
GPON-OLT# show gpon onu real-bps 3/3 1 1
================================================================================
| ONU | UNI | TIME | TX | RX |
——————————————————————————–
| 3/3 1 | 1 | 15:14:36- 15:14:59 | 1,989,197 bps | 0 bps |
================================================================================
GPON-OLT# show gpon onu real-bps 3/3 1 1
================================================================================
| ONU | UNI | TIME | TX | RX |
——————————————————————————–
| 3/3 1 | 1 | 15:14:36- 15:14:59 | 1,989,197 bps | 0 bps |
================================================================================
Thanks to Choo, LS Cable Korea.
a. rahman isnaini r.sutan