User's Manual

CHAPTER4
UTILITIES&FEATURES
Revised: 25 Jan 17 4-8 ESTeem Horizon Series
EthernetBri dgeMode(RepeaterPeers)WithIGMPSnooping
WhentheESTeemHorizonisconfiguredasarepeaterpeer,IGMPSnoopingisenabledandthenetworksupportsIGMPprotocol,
theHorizonw ill begintoidentifytheconnectedEthernetdevicesusingMulticasttransmissionsandreportthisinformationtothe
network.Asthisprocesscontinues,al
lsitesthathaveMulticasttraffi c onthewirelessnetworkwillonlysendtheserequeststo
thespecificESTeemre por tingtheEthernetdevice(seeFi g u re 11).
Figure11:RepeaterPeerwithIGMPEnabled