sh ip igmp membership all command - what's meaning of reporters

[gavin han]

what's the meaning of reporters in output of "sh ip igmp membership all" command? is reporter a receiver?

[acampbell]

Gavin,

Have a look through this link:-
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipmulti/command/imc-cr-book/imc_s1.html#wp3978532963
SEE TABLE 4 for field explantions

The reporters are the hosts reporting to be members of group.

Regards
Alex

[gavin han]

Thanks Alex.

you said "The reporters are the hosts reporting to be members of group." - does it mean reporters are "source" or "receiver"?