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IGMP Snooping
Hi, in my home network, I have a 2018 Orbi RBR50 router and have set it up with IGMP Proxying. However, I cannot find a setting for IGMP Snooping. I understand that IGMP Snooping is necessary for eff...
Noroddveien wrote:
The Norwegian ISP (Telenor) does not use VLAN for multicast IPTV.
That's one of the key reasons for doing IPTV (live) on ICMP Multicast - you don't have to set-up these messy WAN-VLAN-to-a-LAN-port (or WLAN-SSID) requiring dedicated cabling and switching.
Would love to provide some more assistance, however the information available and what is available is that marginal ...
For additional info, I am attaching a dump of the ISP router´s configuration file (Zyxel 8702N). IPTV functions the way it is suppose to with this setup. The information in the file is beyond my capabilty to interpret. Perhaps there is a setting there that explains why IPTV works with the ISP router but not flawlessy with the Orbi.
Noroddveien wrote:
For additional info, I am attaching a dump of the ISP router´s configuration file (Zyxel 8702N). .....
Thanks for the info. The ifconfig command just shows the available interfaces in the router, their status and capabilities.
The only useful thing I see in this config information is that interface en0 (which I guess is your WAN port) has VLAN_HWTAGGING which gives an indication that the Zyxel router is using VLAN tagging (may be pre-configured?) to direct multicast traffic towards the IPTV box.
Noroddveien have you tried the suggestion in this post? That is connecting the IPTV box to a LAN port in Orbi, configure a VLAN on it and activating IGMP Proxy in WAN Setup. Or do you want the IPTV to only be attached wirelessly to Orbi?
ekhalil wrote:
Or do you want the IPTV to only be attached wirelessly to Orbi?
...or wired to an Orbi satellite?
...with the Orbi satellite connected direct to a wired-only backhaul?
...with the Orbi satellite connected direct to a wireless backhaul?
...with the Orbi satellite connected mixed config backhaul?I fear all this would require a proper IGMP Multicast handling over the complete system - strongly doubt there is anything the like. In my opinion, and with the eye on the very fast deploying IGMP Multicast based live IPTV solutions, a bigger design error.
schumaku wrote:
...or wired to an Orbi satellite?
...with the Orbi satellite connected direct to a wired-only backhaul?
...with the Orbi satellite connected direct to a wireless backhaul?
...with the Orbi satellite connected mixed config backhaul?I fear all this would require a proper IGMP Multicast handling over the complete system - strongly doubt there is anything the like. In my opinion, and with the eye on the very fast deploying IGMP Multicast based live IPTV solutions, a bigger design error.
I agree that the VLAN implementation is currently limited in Orbi and still needs to cover wireless connectivity as well as being extended to the Satellites and not limited to Router's LAN.
I did at one point try to set my Orbi up with VLAN but couldn´t get it to work. I have no idea of which VLAN ID or priority to use. Later, I discovered that the ISP router is not set up with VLAN. See additional info I scanned from the ISP router settings (while not connected to the Internet). My IPTV set up box (STB) uses ethernet only connection (no wifi).
Noroddveien wrote:
I did at one point try to set my Orbi up with VLAN but couldn´t get it to work. I have no idea of which VLAN ID or priority to use. Later, I discovered that the ISP router is not set up with VLAN. See additional info I scanned from the ISP router settings (while not connected to the Internet). My IPTV set up box (STB) uses ethernet only connection (no wifi).
Thanks for sharing the router configuration. You are right, it seems that there is no VLAN configiration in the router.
Can you please check the network settings in the IPTV STB. Isn't there any VLAN or IGMP settings?
