Specify A Vlan For Igmp Snooping - NETGEAR XS512EM User Manual

12- or 24-Port 10-Gigabit/Multi-Gigabit Switch Models XS512EM and XS724EM
When this feature is enabled, multicast packets are forwarded only to the ports that are in the multicast
group learned from IGMP snooping. All unknown multicast packets are dropped.
10. (Optional) Select a port to be the dedicated IGMP snooping static router port if no IGMP query exists
in the network for the switch to discover the router port dynamically.
Select one of the following IGMP Snooping Static Router Port radio buttons:
• Auto. If the switch receives a query message, the switch configures the router port or ports
dynamically. This is the default setting.
• Any. IGMP Join and Leave packets are sent to every port of the switch.
• Static. Select one port as the dedicated IGMP snooping static router port by selecting the check
box that is associated with the port number. All IGMP Join and Leave reports are forwarded to the
selected port.
11. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.

Specify a VLAN for IGMP Snooping

You can specify a VLAN for IGMP snooping only if you enabled port-based or 802.1Q-based VLANs (see
Use VLANS for Traffic Segmentation
To specify a VLAN for IGMP snooping:
1. Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.
You can use a WiFi or wired network connection, or connect directly to a switch that is off-network using
an Ethernet cable.
2. Launch a web browser.
3. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login page displays.
4. Enter the switch password.
The default password is password. The password is case-sensitive.
The Switch Information page displays.
5. Select System > Multicast.
The IGMP Snooping Configuration page displays.
6. Make sure that the IGMP Snooping Status Enable radio button is selected.
By default, the Enable radio button is selected.
7. In the VLAN ID Enabled for IGMP Snooping field, enter the ID of the VLAN.
By default, if you enable IGMP snooping, snooping occurs on VLAN 1. However, you can enable snooping
on any VLAN:
on page 24).
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