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All hosts receive the multicast traffic, even if they don’t need it.
Network with multicast filtering
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Hosts only receive dedicated traffic from other hosts belonging to the same group.
Multicast Filtering and MOXA EtherDevice Switch
EDS-518A has three ways to achieve multicast filtering: IGMP (Internet Group Management
Protocol) Snooping, GMRP (GARP Multicast Registration Protocol), and adding a static multicast
MAC manually to filter multicast traffic automatically.
IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol)
Snooping Mode
Snooping Mode allows your switch to forward multicast packets only to the appropriate ports. The
switch “snoops” on exchanges between hosts and an IGMP device, such as a router, to find those
ports that want to join a multicast group, and then configures its filters accordingly.