The router-guard command prevents a port from becoming a dynamically discovered mrouter port by filtering
out multicast router messages, including IGMP queries and PIM messages. You can configure a port with the
router-guard command and then configure it as a static mrouter. See the Router Guard and Static Mrouter,
on page 16 for more information about configuring router-guard and mrouter commands on the same port.
Multicast Traffic Handling within a Bridge Domain with IGMP Snooping Enabled
The following tables describe traffic handling behaviors by IGMP snooping mrouter and host ports. Table 2:
Multicast Traffic Handling for an IGMPv2 Querier, on page 6 describes traffic handling for an IGMPv2
querier. Table 3: Multicast Traffic Handling for an IGMPv3 Querier, on page 6 applies to an IGMPv3
querier.
By default, IGMP snooping supports IGMPv2 and IGMPv3. The version of the IGMP querier discovered in
the bridge domain determines the operational version of the snooping processes. If you change the default,
configuring IGMP snooping to support a minimum version of IGMPv3, IGMP snooping ignores any IGMPv2
queriers.
Table 2: Multicast Traffic Handling for an IGMPv2 Querier
Received on Host PortsReceived on MRouter PortsTraffic Type
Forwards to all mrouter ports and to
host ports that indicate interest.
Forwards to all mrouter ports and to host
ports that indicate interest.
IP multicast source
traffic
—Forwards to all ports.IGMP general queries
DroppedForwards to all other mrouter ports.IGMP group-specific
queries
Examines (snoops) the reports.
• If report suppression is enabled,
forwards first join for a new group
or first join following a general
query for an existing group.
• If report suppression is disabled,
forwards on all mrouter ports.
Examines (snoops) the reports.
• If report suppression is enabled,
forwards first join for a new group or
first join following a general query
for an existing group.
• If report suppression is disabled,
forwards on all mrouter ports.
IGMPv2 joins
IgnoresIgnoresIGMPv3 reports
Invokes last member query processing.Invokes last member query processing.IGMPv2 leaves
Table 3: Multicast Traffic Handling for an IGMPv3 Querier
Received on Host PortsReceived on MRouter PortsTraffic Type
Forwards to all mrouter ports and to
host ports that indicate interest.
Forwards to all mrouter ports and to host
ports that indicate interest.
IP multicast source
traffic
—Forwards to all ports.IGMP general queries
—If received on the querier port floods on all
ports.
IGMP group-specific
queries
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