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Configuring Switching Information 
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 GS752TP, GS728TP, and GS728TPP Gigabit Smart Switches
The following screen displays:
 
2. 
Globally enable or disable the Auto-Video administrative mode for the switch by selecting 
Enable or Disable next to the Auto-Video Status radio button.
The Auto-Video VLAN field shows the number of auto-configured IGMP snooping 
VLANs. 
3. 
Click APPLY to send the updated configuration to the switch.
Configuration changes take place immediately.
IGMP Snooping 
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping is a feature that allows a switch to 
forward Multicast traffic intelligently on the switch. Multicast IP traffic is traffic that is destined 
to a host group. Class
 
D IP addresses identify host groups, which range from 224.0.0.0 to 
239.255.255.255. Based on the IGMP query and report messages, the switch forwards traffic 
only to the ports that request the multicast traffic. This action prevents the switch from 
broadcasting the traffic to all ports and possibly affecting network performance.
A traditional ethernet network can be separated into different network segments to prevent 
placing too many devices onto the same shared media. Bridges and switches connect these 
segments. When a packet with a broadcast or Multicast destination address is received, the 
switch forwards a copy into each of the remaining network segments in accordance with the 
IEEE MAC Bridge standard. Eventually, the packet is made accessible to all nodes 
connected to the network.
This approach works well for broadcast packets that are intended to be seen or processed by 
all connected nodes. In the case of multicast packets, however, this approach could lead to 
less efficient use of network bandwidth, particularly when the packet is intended for only a 
few nodes. Packets are flooded into network segments where no node has any interest in 
receiving the packet. While nodes rarely incur any processing overhead to filter packets 
addressed to unrequested group addresses, they are unable to transmit new packets onto