700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1

Any system, whose MAC address and the port number are listed in this screen, will not be purged from the system’s forwarding table by the aging process.

1.Add a new entry

2.Enter the MAC address and port in the appropriate boxes

3.Click Add

4.Remove an exist entry

5.Highlight that entry in the table, by clicking on the MAC address

6.Choose Remove

Advanced> Multimedia Support

Use the advanced multimedia support menu to manage high-bandwidth network traffic by enabling/disabling Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) traffic and configuring static multicast groups. These are tasks that require advanced expertise.

Advanced> Multimedia Support>Enable/Disable IGMP

Figure 5-38: Multimedia Support > Enable/Disable IGMP

In networks where multimedia applications generate multicast traffic, IGMP can greatly reduce unnecessary bandwidth usage by limiting traffic forwarding that is otherwise broadcast to the whole network. Enabling IGMP will allow individual ports to detect IGMP queries, report packets, and manage IP multicast traffic through the switch.

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NETGEAR 700 Series manual Advanced Multimedia SupportEnable/Disable Igmp