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Short Summary of IGMP/MLD Snooping IGMP/MLD: hosts explicitly request groups other than the all-hosts-group Switch intercepts IGMP/MLD packets and creates group/port state Switch plays an active role upon topology changes (initiate query on topology change) Sends all multicast traffic on router port Only sends requested traffic on host ports Router Switch Host Host |