Configure The Multicast Admin Boundary - NETGEAR M4300 User Manual

M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches User Manual
The login window opens.
Enter the user name and password.
3.
The default admin user name is admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
Click the Login button.
4.
The System Information page displays.
Select Routing> Multicast > Static Routes Configuration.
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In the Source IP field, enter the IP address that identifies the multicast packet source for the
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entry you are creating.
In the Source Mask field, enter the subnet mask to be applied to the source IP address.
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In RPF Neighbor field, enter the IP address of the neighbor router on the path to the
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source.
In the Metric field, enter the link state cost of the path to the multicast source.
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The range is 0 to 255, the default is 1. You can change the metric for a configured route
by selecting the static route and editing this field.
Click the Add button.
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The static route is added to the switch.
Click the Apply button.
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Your settings are saved.

Configure the Multicast Admin Boundary

The definition of an administratively scoped boundary is a mechanism to stop the ingress and
egress of multicast traffic for a given range of multicast addresses on a given routing
interface.
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To configure the multicast admin boundary:
Launch a web browser.
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In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
2.
The login window opens.
Enter the user name and password.
3.
Multicast Routing
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