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igmpproxy(8)		    System Manager's Manual		  igmpproxy(8)

NAME
       igmpproxy - Multicast router utilizing IGMP forwarding

SYNOPSIS
       igmpproxy [-h] [-n] [-d]	[-v [-v]] config-file

DESCRIPTION
       igmpproxy is a simple multicast routing daemon which uses IGMP forward-
       ing 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 dy-
       namic 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.

OPTIONS
       -h     Display help.

       -v     Verbose  logging.	 Set  logging level to INFO instead of WARNING
	      used by default.

       -vv    More verbose logging. Set	logging	level to DEBUG.

       -n     Do not run as a daemon.

       -d     Output log messages to STDERR instead of to syslog(3).   Implies
	      -n.

LIMITS
       The  current  version compiles and runs fine with the Linux kernel ver-
       sion 2.4. The known limits are:

       Multicast routes: more then 200

       Multicast group membership: max.	20

FILES
       /proc/net/ip_mr_cache
	      -	contains the active multicast routes

       /proc/net/ip_mr_vif
	      -	contains the 'virtual' interfaces used by the active multicast
	      routing daemon

       /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<ifname>/force_igmp_version
	      -	 can be	set to control what IGMP version the kernel should use
	      on    the	   upstream    interface.     Ex.:    'echo    2     >
	      /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/force_igmp_version'	will force the
	      kernel to	use IGMPv2 on eth0 (provided this is the upstream  in-
	      terface).

SEE ALSO
       igmpproxy.conf(5), mrouted, pimd, smcroute

BUGS
       Currently none (but there probably will be :-/ )

AUTHOR
       Originally written by Johnny Egeland <johnny@rlo.org>.

igmpproxy 0.3							  igmpproxy(8)
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