# IP Multicast Route Monitor

To access this dialog box:

1. Select Device > Configure > IP Multicast Route Table.
2. With an entry selected, click Monitor.

This dialog box provides monitoring information for each IP Multicast Route Table entry.

The following information is displayed:

- Packets Received (ipMRoutePkts)
- Packets with different Interface (ipMRouteDifferentInIfPackets)
- Octets Received (ipMRouteOctets)
- Bps Forwarded (ciscoIpMRouteBps)
- In Rate-Limiting Limit (ciscoIpMRouteInLimit2)

The following list specifies buttons in this dialog box, as well as their function:

- To specify the refresh rate for this dialog box, select a value from the drop-down box.

- Click Start/Stop to begin/end device monitoring.

> Note: The Start/Stop toggle feature is supported by CiscoView 5.3 and later.

- Click Cancel to close the dialog box.

- Click Print to print the contents of the dialog box.

- Click Help to access online help.

Packets Received (ipMRoutePkts)

Number of packets which this router has received from the specified sources and addressed to the selected multicast group address.

Packets with different Interface (ipMRouteDifferentInIfPackets)

Number of packets which this router has received from the specified sources, addressed to the selected multicast group address, and not received from the interface indicated by ipMRouteInIfIndex.

Octets Received (ipMRouteOctets)

Number of octets contained in IP datagrams which were received from the specified sources, addressed to the selected multicast group address, and forwarded by this router.

Bps Forwarded (ciscoIpMRouteBps)

Bits per second forwarded by this router. This object is the sum of all forwarded bits during a one second interval. After each one second interval, the field is cleared.

This object has been superseded by ciscoIpMRouteBps2 (which is the 64-bit version of this object).

In Rate-Limiting Limit (ciscoIpMRouteInLimit2)

Incoming interface's limit for rate limiting data traffic, in Kbps.