Start Igmp Listener

Starts IGMP listener on a given channel.

Arguments Description

channel_name str: name of a channel to listen on

filter (dict, optional): filter to be applied on received frames, only frames which match this filter

will be stored in the queue.

NB: filter support only those keys : ip_address_source , ip_address_destination

silent_mode (boolean, optional): Flag to choose the listening mode. (Default to True)

When silent_mode = False, both the MTF-Pyapi and MTF-Core callbacks will work. Else When silent_mode = True, only the MTF-Core callback will be activated.

Returns

bool: True if the listener is started; otherwise, False.

Example

${ip}= Create Dictionary ${ip_address_source} ${ip_address_destination}

${res}= Start Igmp Listener ${channel_name} ${ip}