Manage The Multicast Dns Gateway - NETGEAR WAX615-100NAS User Manual

Insight Managed WiFi 6 AX3000 Access Point Model WAX615
The UPnP page displays.
5. Select a radio button:
• Enable: UPnP is enabled. This is the default setting.
• Disable: UPnP is disabled.
6. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.

Manage the multicast DNS gateway

The access point can function as a multicast DNS (mDNS) gateway to allow devices and
services to be shared across different VLANs and WiFi networks. mDNS works even if
inter-VLAN routing is disabled in the network that the access point is connected to.
Shared devices include printers, scanners, storage devices, and other hardware devices.
Services include multiple predefined telephone, music, and video streaming services,
file sharing services, and other services and applications.
For example, if a group of WiFi clients are on VLAN 20 and a printer is on VLAN 1, an
mDNS gateway policy can make the printer available to the WiFi clients. Or, if a meeting
participant wants to use a phone connected to a WiFi network on VLAN 20 to cast a
presentation to a large-screen device connected to a WiFi network on VLAN 30, another
mDNS gateway policy can make this possible.
A service can run either on a wired or WiFi device, but for a WiFi client to be able to
access the service, the WiFi client must be connected to a WiFi network on an access
point that has the mDNS gateway feature enabled.
In a network with multiple access points that support the mDNS gateway feature, you
can set one access point as the mDNS reflector access point, which readvertises shared
devices and services throughout the network.
An mDNS gateway and the following features are mutually exclusive:
• WPA2 Enterprise security and WPA3 Enterprise security that use a dynamic VLAN
(see Set up an open or secure WiFi network on page 59)
• Multi PSK (see Set up Multi PSK for a WiFi network on page 77)
• Management VLAN (see Set the 802.1Q VLAN and management VLAN on page 138)
• NAT mode (see Set NAT mode or Bridge mode for addressing and traffic on page
200)
• Client isolation (see Enable or disable client isolation for a WiFi network on page
201)
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