Linksys How to Configure IGMP Proxying on Your ADSL Gateway

ADSL Gateway

SNMP

SNMP is a popular network monitoring and management protocol. To enable SNMP, click Enabled. To disable

SNMP, click Disabled.

If enabled, then specify the IP address(es) allowed to have SNMP access. Select All to allow all IP addresses with no restrictions, IP address to specify a single IP address, or IP range to specify a range of IP addresses.

•Device Name. Enter the name of the Gateway.

•SNMP V1/V2: Get Community. Enter the password that allows read-only access to the Gateway’s SNMP information.

•Set Community. Enter the password that allows read/write access to the Gateway’s SNMP information.

•SNMP V3. Click Enable if you wish to manage the Gateway using SNMP version 3.

•Rw User. Enter a name for the user who will have read/write access to the Gateway’s settings. The default name is v3rwuser.

•Authentication protocol and password. Select an authentication protocol and enter a password. It is recommended that the password be at least eight characters long.

•Privacy protocol and password. To enable encryption of SNMP version 3 communications, select CBC-DES and enter a password. If encryption is not desired, select None.

•Trap Management: Trap to. Enter the IP address of the computer that will receive trap messages.

UPnP

UPnP allows Windows Me and XP to automatically configure the Gateway for various Internet applications, such as gaming and videoconferencing.

•UPnP. To enable UPnP, click Enable. Otherwise, click Disable.

•Please select a PVC connection to bind. Select the number of the PVC over which the applications requiring UPnP will run.

IGMP-Proxy

If your multimedia application or device is not working properly behind the Gateway, then you can enable IGMP-

Proxy to allow multicast traffic through the Gateway.

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