4.6.4Static Multicast
This page can add multicast addresses into the multicast table. The switch can hold up to 256 multicast entries. All the ports in the group will forward the specified multicast packets to other ports in the group.
Show Group: selects “Add a new Group” to enter a new entry. Or select an existing group address to display
MAC Address: selects the multicast address
VLAN: selects the vlan group
CoS: assigns the priority for Class of Service
Click 
to make the setting effective. Click 
to refresh the settings to current value.
Figure 23. Static Multicast
4.6.5IGMP Snooping
IGMP snooping helps reduce the multicast traffics on the network by allowing the IGMP snooping function to be turned on or off. When turned on, the switch snoops the IGMP packets and puts the new group into the multicast table. However, if the static entries occupy all 256 spaces, the IGMP snoop does not work normally. The switch only allows
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