Chapter 39 DVMRP
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 124 IP Application > DVMRP
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Active | Select Active to enable DVMRP on the Switch. You should do this if you want |
| the Switch to act as a multicast router. |
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Threshol | Threshold is the maximum time to live (TTL) value. TTL is used to limit the |
d | scope of multicasting. You should reduce this value if you do not wish to flood |
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| multicast traffic this Switch sends out. |
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Index | Index is the DVMRP configuration for the IP routing domain defined under |
| Network. The maximum number of DVMRP configurations allowed is the |
| maximum number of IP routing domains allowed on the Switch. See Section |
| 8.6 on page 110 for more information on IP routing domains. |
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Network | This is the IP routing domain IP address and subnet mask you set up in IP |
| Setup. |
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VID | DVMRP cannot be enabled on the same VLAN group across different IP routing |
| domains, that is, you cannot have duplicate VIDs for different DVMRP |
| configurations (see Figure 177 on page 352). |
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Active | Select Active to enable DVMRP on this IP routing domain. |
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Apply | Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s |
| 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 |
| when you are done configuring. |
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Cancel | Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. |
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39.3.1 DVMRP Configuration Error Messages
You must have IGMP enabled when you enable DVMRP; otherwise you see the screen as in the next figure.
Figure 175 DVMRP: IGMP Not Set Error
When you disable IGMP, but DVMRP is still active you also see another warning screen.
Figure 176 DVMRP: Unable to Disable IGMP Error
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