> It sounds like you might be describing a case where
> - IGMP snooping is enabled on a switch
> - There's no IGMP querier on the VLAN
>
> If so, then we're in agreement.  That doesn't work (though it may appear to 
> work at first).
>
> There's a fourth option on some L2 switching platforms: enable an IGMP 
> querier on the L2 device.  The queries don't have to come from anywhere 
> sensible.*  As long as queries "just appear" on the LAN, clients will reply, 
> and the IGMP snooping switch can eat the host reports that come in reply to 
> his bogus queries.  No L3 interface required.
>
> Definitely don't try to run IGMP snooping without a querier.
>

At some point, depending on the topology (and especially if it's a
one-off thing), it might make sense to set up a GRE tunnel between the
endpoints and just run PIM on the tunnel.

John

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