Chapter 21 Multicast

Figure 87 Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting > MVR: Group Configuration

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 55 Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting > MVR: Group Configuration

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Multicast

Select a multicast VLAN ID (that you configured in the MVR screen) from the drop-

VLAN ID

down list box.

 

 

Name

Enter a descriptive name for identification purposes.

 

 

Start Address

Enter the starting IP multicast address of the multicast group in dotted decimal

 

notation.

 

Refer to Section 21.1.1 on page 155 for more information on IP multicast addresses.

 

 

End Address

Enter the ending IP multicast address of the multicast group in dotted decimal notation.

 

Enter the same IP address as the Start Address field if you want to configure only one

 

IP address for a multicast group.

 

Refer to Section 21.1.1 on page 155 for more information on IP multicast addresses.

 

 

Add

Click Add to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses

 

these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top

 

navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done

 

configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

MVLAN

This field displays the multicast VLAN ID.

 

 

Name

This field displays the descriptive name for this setting.

 

 

Start Address

This field displays the starting IP address of the multicast group.

 

 

End Address

This field displays the ending IP address of the multicast group.

 

 

Delete

Select Delete Group and click Delete to remove the selected entry(ies) from the table.

 

 

Cancel

Select Cancel to clear the checkbox(es) in the table.

 

 

21.8.1 MVR Configuration Example

The following figure shows a network example where ports 1, 2 and 3 on the Switch belong to VLAN 1. In addition, port 7 belongs to the multicast group with VID 200 to receive multicast traffic (the News and Movie channels) from the remote streaming media server, S. Computers A, B and C in VLAN are able to receive the traffic.

 

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