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igmpproxy - Multicast router utilizing IGMP forwarding
igmpproxy [-h] [-n] [-d] [-v [-v]] config-file
igmpproxy is a simple multicast routing daemon which uses IGMP forwarding to dynamically route multicast traffic. Routing is done by defining an "upstream" interface on which the daemon act as a normal Multicast client, and one or more "downstream" interfaces that serves clients on the destination networks. This is useful in situations where other dynamic multicast routers (like 'mrouted' or 'pimd') cannot be used.
Since igmpproxy only uses IGMP signalling, the daemon is only suited for situations where multicast traffic comes from only one neighbouring network. In more advanced cases, 'mrouted' or 'pimd' is probably more suited. The daemon is not designed for cascading, and probably won't scale very well.
Currently only IGMPv1 and v2 is supported on downstream interfaces. On the upstream interface the kernel IGMP client implementation is used, and supported IGMP versions is therefore limited to that supported by the kernel.
The current version compiles and runs fine with the Linux kernel version 2.4. The known limits are:
Multicast routes: more then 200
Multicast group membership: max. 20
igmpproxy.conf(5), mrouted, pimd, smcroute
Currently none (but there probably will be :-/ )
Originally written by Johnny Egeland <johnny@rlo.org>.
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