Filter
Top Products
24-port NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
90 Using the Console Interface
Figure 6-22. Static Multicast Filtering Tabl screen
To make a change to the Static Filtering Table, choose Add
or Remove in the Action field. Then enter the MAC Address,
and press <space bar> for the corresponding Port number
in one of the five fields: 1-6, 7-14, 15-22, S1, and S2. Press
APPLY to put the change into effect.
Configure IGMP Filtering
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) allows
Multicasting on your network. When IP Multicast Filtering
is enabled, the Switch can intelligently forward (rather
that broadcasting) IGMP queries and reports sent between
devices connected to the switch and an IGMP-enabled
device hosting IGMP on your network. When enabled for
IGMP snooping , the Switch can open or close a port to a
specific Multicast group member based on IGMP messages
sent from the device to the IGMP host or vice versa.
Basically, in these submenus you define whether the
switch can intelligently forward IGMP packets, and you