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.TH igmpproxy.conf 5 "" "@PACKAGE_STRING@"
.SH NAME
igmpproxy.conf \- Configuration file for
.BR igmpproxy (8)
multicast daemon

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B igmpproxy.conf
contains the configuration for the 
.B igmpproxy
multicast daemon. It defines which network interfaces should be
used by the routing daemon. Each interface must be give one of the following roles:
.B upstream
,
.B downstream
or
.B disabled
.

The
.B upstream
network interface is the outgoing interface which is responsible for communicating
to available multicast data sources. There can only be one upstream interface.

.B Downstream
network interfaces are the distribution interfaces to the destination networks, 
where multicast clients can join groups and receive multicast data. One or more
downstream interfaces must be configured.

On
.B disabled
network interfaces all IGMP or multicast traffic is ignored altogether. If multiple
IP addresses is used on one single interface (ae. eth0:1 ...), all interface
aliases not in use should be configured as disabled.

Any line in the configuration file starting with
.B #
is treated as a comment. Keywords and parameters can be distributed over many lines.
The configuration file has two main keywords:

.B quickleave
.RS 
Enables quickleave mode. In this mode the daemon will send a Leave IGMP message
upstream as soon as it receives a Leave message for any downstream interface.
The daemon will then ask for Membership reports on the downstream interfaces, 
and if a report is received the group is joined again upstream. Normally this
is not noticed at all by clients on the downstream networks. If it's vital
that the daemon should act exactly as a real multicast client on the upstream
interface, this function should not be used. Disabling this function increases
the risk of bandwidth saturation.
.RE


.B phyint 
.I interface
.I role 
[ ratelimit 
.I limit
] [ threshold 
.I ttl
] [ altnet 
.I networkaddr ... 
]
.RS
Defines the state and settings of a network interface.
.RE

.SH PHYINT OPTIONS

.B interface
.RS
The name of the interface the settings are for. This option is required for
phyint settings.
.RE

.B role
.RS
The role of the interface. This should be either
.B upstream
(only one interface),
.B downstream
(one or more interfaces) or
.B disabled
\&. This option is required.
.RE

.B ratelimit
.I limit
.RS
Defines a ratelimit for the network interface. If ratelimit is set to 0 (default),
no ratelimit will be applied. This setting is optional.
.RE

.B threshold
.I ttl
.RS
Defines the TTL threshold for the network interface. Packets with a lower TTL than the 
threshols value will be ignored. This setting is optional, and by default the threshold is 1.
.RE

.B altnet
.I networkaddr
\&...
.RS
Defines alternate sources for multicasting and IGMP data. The network address must be on the 
following format 'a.b.c.d/n'. By default the router will accept data from sources on the same
network as configured on an interface. If the multicast source lies on a remote network, one
must define from where traffic should be accepted. 

This is especially useful for the upstream interface, since the source for multicast
traffic is often from a remote location. Any number of altnet parameters can be specified.
.RE

.B whitelist
.I networkaddr
.RS
Defines a whitelist for multicast groups. The network address must be in the following
format 'a.b.c.d/n'. If you want to allow one single group use a network mask of /32,
i.e. 'a.b.c.d/32'. 

By default all multicast groups are allowed on any downstream interface. If at least one
whitelist entry is defined, all igmp membership reports for not explicitly whitelisted
multicast groups will be ignored and therefore not be served by igmpproxy. This is especially
useful, if your provider does only allow a predefined set of multicast groups. These whitelists
are only obeyed by igmpproxy itself, they won't prevent any other igmp client running on the
same machine as igmpproxy from requesting 'unallowed' multicast groups.

You may specify as many whitelist entries as needed. Although you should keep it as simple as
possible, as this list is parsed for every membership report and therefore this increases igmp
response times. Often used or large groups should be defined first, as parsing ends as soon as
a group matches an entry.

You may also specify whitelist entries for the upstream interface. Only igmp membership reports
for explicitly whitelisted multicast groups will be sent out on the upstream interface. This
is useful if you want to use multicast groups only between your downstream interfaces, like SSDP
from a UPnP server.
.RE

.SH EXAMPLE
## Enable quickleave
quickleave
.br
## Define settings for eth0 (upstream)
.br
phyint eth0 upstream 
       altnet 10.0.0.0/8
       
## Disable alternate IP on eth0 (eth0:0)
.br
phyint eth0:0 disabled

## Define settings for eth1 (downstream)
.br
phyint eth1 downstream ratelimit 0 threshold 1

## Define settings for eth2 (also downstream)
.br
phyint eth2 downstream


.SH SEE ALSO
.BR igmpproxy (8)

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