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I have a question about a very simple L2 network. Please look at the picture and explain the traffic flow. I understand that before the traffic can be sent to the receiving host, the traffic has to go the querier (SW1). How and when does SW2 forwa...
Thank you for the quick reply. However, Cisco documentation (Implementing Layer-2 Multicast with IGMPSnooping) states: Multicast router ports(mrouter ports)—These are ports to which a multicast-enabled router is connected. If that is true, SW2 would...
I have one more question related to this topic. Let's say that switch 2 was the querier, but switch 1 was also configured for IGMP snooping. That would make the port on switch 2 connecting to switch 1 a mrouter port, correct? Does that mean that w...
Thank you for the reply, Giuseppe. However, I am still a little confused. Assume these switches are not running PIM. When the source begins sending a multicast stream, that has to be sent to the querier first before ANY switch (including SW2) begi...