D-Link DES-3250TG Forwarding Filtering, Unicast Forwarding, Multicast Forwarding, MAC Address

D-Link DES-3250TG Standalone Layer 2 Switch

Forwarding Filtering

MAC addresses can be statically entered into the switch’s MAC Address Forwarding Table. These addresses will never age out.

Unicast Forwarding

To enter a MAC address into the switch’s forwarding table, click on the Forwarding Filtering folder on the Configuration menu and then click Unicast Forwarding:

Figure 7- 18. Setup Static Unicast Forwarding Table window

The following fields can be set:

Parameter		Description
	VLAN ID	Allows the entry of the VLAN ID of the
		VLAN the MAC address below is a member
		of − when editing. Displays the VLAN ID the
		currently selected MAC address is a member
		of − when editing an existing entry.
	MAC Address	Allows the entry of the MAC address of an
		end station that will be entered into the
		switch’s static forwarding table when adding a
		new entry. Displays the currently selected
		MAC address when editing.
	Allowed to Go Port	Allows the selection of the port number on
		which the MAC address entered above resides.

Multicast Forwarding

Multicast MAC addresses can be statically entered into the switch’s MAC Address Forwarding Table. These addresses will never age out.

To enter a Multicast MAC address into the switch’s forwarding table, click on the Forwarding Filtering folder on the Configuration menu and then click Multicast Forwarding:

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