Switch fails in layer 2 multicast forwarding

Symptom

A switch fails to implement Layer 2 multicast forwarding.

Analysis

IGMP snooping is not enabled.

Solution

  1. Enter the display current-configuration command to view the running status of IGMP snooping.

  2. If IGMP snooping is not enabled, use the igmp-snooping command to enable IGMP snooping globally, and then use igmp-snooping enable command to enable IGMP snooping in VLAN view.

  3. If IGMP snooping is disabled only for the corresponding VLAN, just use the igmp-snooping enable command in VLAN view to enable IGMP snooping in the corresponding VLAN.