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Chapter6 Configuring Radio Settings
Enabling and Disabling Reliable Multicast to Workgroup Bridges
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the encapsulation transformation
method:
Note To configure reliable multicast forwarding, this configuration should be done on the AP, and not on the
workgroup bridge.
Use the no form of the command to disable reliable multicast messages to workgroup bridges.
The workgroup bridge will start receiving the multicast frame and then the unicast copy of the same
frame, which results in duplication of frames at the receiver level and is therefore inefficient.
To configure the workgroup bridge to consider only the multicast frame or the unicast copy at the
workgroup bridge radio level, use the following commands:
For example, the following command uses infrastructure at the workgroup bridge level:
WGB(config-if)# station-role workgroup-bridge multicast mode infrastructure
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step2 interface dot11radio {0 | 1} Enter interface configuration mode for the 2.4-GHz radio
interface.
Step3 infrastructure-client Enable reliable multicast messages to workgroup bridges.
Step4 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step5 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Command Purpose
station-role workgroup-bridge
multicast mode
{client | infrastructure}
You can set either one of the following:
Client—Client-mode accepts only 3-MAC address header
mulitcast packets
Infrastructure—Infrastructure-mode accepts only 4-MAC
address header multicast packets
If you set reliable multicast on the AP, then you are
recommended to use infrastructure at workgroup bridge level.
If you do not set reliable multicast at the AP, use client at the
workgroup bridge level.