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Increase igmp_max_memberships
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Default in Linux kernel in net.ipv4.igmp_max_memberships = 20. This makes OSPF, VRRP and other protocols using multicast fail depending on number of interfaces and services.

This change will have a impact on all features using multicast, and what the correct number is need to be investigated. I have been testing with 512 and looks ok.

From https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt

igmp_max_memberships - INTEGER
	Change the maximum number of multicast groups we can subscribe to.
	Default: 20

	Theoretical maximum value is bounded by having to send a membership
	report in a single datagram (i.e. the report can't span multiple
	datagrams, or risk confusing the switch and leaving groups you don't
	intend to).

	The number of supported groups 'M' is bounded by the number of group
	report entries you can fit into a single datagram of 65535 bytes.

	M = 65536-sizeof (ip header)/(sizeof(Group record))

	Group records are variable length, with a minimum of 12 bytes.
	So net.ipv4.igmp_max_memberships should not be set higher than:

	(65536-24) / 12 = 5459

	The value 5459 assumes no IP header options, so in practice
	this number may be lower.

I don't know in which usecases the VyOS should send a IGMP membership request.

Configs for testing and more info in https://phabricator.vyos.net/Q116

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@dmbaturin can you increase it

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syncer renamed this task from Increase igmp_max_memberships to .Oct 18 2018, 6:05 AM
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