126FigureIPMC/IGMP Snooping/Basic ConfigurationMulti-casting is using to support real-time applicationssuch as video-conferencing or streaming audio. A multicastserver doesn’t have to establish a separate connection toeach client. It merely broadcasts its’ service to the network.By this approach, it will increase a lot of broadcast traffic inthe network.This switch can use IGMP to filter multi-cast traffic. IGMPsnooping can be used to passively monitor or snoop thepackets exchanging between multi-cast hosts and clients.Then, it can set its filtersUsing the IGMP Snooping Configuration page to configureGlobal and Port Related settings to control the forwardingof multi-cast traffic. This can decrease broadcast traffic toimprove the network performance.LOCATION:▼ Configuration▼ IPMC▼ IGMP Snooping■ Basic Configuration