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Installation and Operation Manual Appendix B IR-IP Interface Module

Defining the Multicast Parameters

The Multicast IP menu is used to specify the IP multicast frame forwarding parameters, and to access the static multicast groups’ table.

To define the Multicast Parameters:

1. From the Advanced Setup menu, press 4.

The Multicast IP menu appears (Figure B-13).

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Device identification Interface Parameters Protocol Parameters Multicast IP

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1.	Multicast forwarding	:[ Disable ]
2.	Static groups	:>>>

Press one of the numbers to select or ESC:

Figure B-13. Multicast IP Menu

2.Specify the Multicast Forwarding. Used to control the forwarding of IP multicast frames. The following selections are available:

DISABLED – Disables multicast forwarding in both directions.

LAN to WAN – Enables forwarding of IP multicast frames addressed to groups appearing in the Static Multicast Groups table, from the LAN to the WAN.

WAN to LAN – Enables forwarding of IP multicast frames addressed to groups appearing in the Static Multicast Groups table, from the WAN to the LAN.

BIDIRECTIONAL – Enables forwarding of IP multicast frames addressed to groups appearing in the Static Multicast Groups table, in both directions.

WAN to LAN + IGMP – Enables forwarding of IP multicast frames addressed to groups appearing in the Static Multicast Groups table, from the WAN to the LAN. In addition, more groups can be added dynamically (the additional can be viewed using the View menu – Figure B-18).

TRANSPARENT – All the IP multicast frames are forwarded, irrespective of the Static Multicast Groups table.

3.Select Static Groups to access the static multicast groups table. The table is used to specify the IP addresses for up to 10 IP multicast groups.

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