Static Router Ports - D-Link xStack DGS-3324SRi User Manual

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Static Router Ports

A static router port is a port that has a multicast router attached to it. Generally, this router would have a connection to a
WAN or to the Internet. Establishing a router port will allow multicast packets coming from the router to be propagated
through the network, as well as allowing multicast messages (IGMP) coming from the network to be propagated to the
router.
A router port has the following behavior:
All IGMP Report packets will be forwarded to the router port.
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IGMP queries (from the router port) will be flooded to all ports.
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All UDP multicast packets will be forwarded to the router port. Because routers do not send IGMP reports or
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implement IGMP snooping, a multicast router connected to the router port of a Layer 3 switch would not be able
to receive UDP data streams unless the UDP multicast packets were all forwarded to the router port.
A router port will be dynamically configured when IGMP query packets, RIPv2 multicast, DVMRP multicast or PIM-DM
multicast packets are detected flowing into a port.
Open the IGMP Snooping folder and the click on the Static Router Ports Settings link to open the Current Static
Router Ports Entries page, as shown below.
The Static Router Ports Settings page (shown above) displays all of the current entries to the Switch's static router port
table. To modify an entry, click the Modify button. This will open the Static Router Ports Settings - Edit page, as shown
below.
The following parameters can be set:
Parameter
VID (VLAN ID)
VLAN Name
Unit
Member Ports
Click Apply to implement the new settings, Click the
Static Router Port Entries window.
Figure 6- 17. Static Router Ports Settings window
Figure 6- 18. Static Router Ports Settings - Edit window
Description
This is the VLAN ID that, along with the VLAN Name, identifies the VLAN where the
multicast router is attached.
This is the name of the VLAN where the multicast router is attached.
Choose the Switch ID number of the Switch in the switch stack to be modified.
These are the ports on the Switch that will have a multicast router attached to them.
Show All Static Router Port Entries
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link to return to the Current