Prestige 2302 Support Notes
Using IP Multicast
•What is IP Multicast ?
Traditionally, IP packets are transmitted in two ways - unicast or broadcast. Multicast is a third way to deliver IP packets to a group of hosts. Host groups are identified by class D IP addresses, i.e., those with "1110" as their
IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) is the protocol used for multicasting. There are currently two versions: versions 1 and 2. Through IGMP, IP hosts are able to report their multicast group membership to any
At start up, the Prestige queries all directly connected networks to gather group membership information. The Prestige then updates the information through periodic queries.
The Prestige supports IGMP versions 1 and 2. You can enable/disable multicast setting on the Ethernet interface or to the remote node.
•IP Multicast Setup
Enable IGMP on the Prestige's LAN interface in menu 3.2:
Menu 3.2 - TCP/IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup
DHCP= Server | TCP/IP Setup: |
Client IP Pool: |
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Starting Address= 192.168.1.33 | IP Address= 192.168.1.1 |
Size of Client IP Pool= 32 | IP Subnet Mask= 255.255.255.0 |
First DNS Server= From ISP | RIP Direction= Both |
IP Address= N/A | Version= |
Second DNS Server= From ISP | Multicast= |
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