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Multicast VLAN
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Multicast VLAN:
VLAN ID:
Router Port Time:
Member Port Time:
Leave Time:
Router Ports:
Note:
1. The router port should be in the multicast VLAN, otherwise the member ports cannot receive
multicast streams.
2. The Multicast VLAN won't take effect unless you first complete the configuration for the
corresponding VLAN owning the port on the 802.1Q VLAN page.
3. The link type of the member ports in the multicast VLAN can only be GENERAL.
4. Configure the link type of the router port in the multicast VLAN as TRUNK or configure the
egress rule as TAG and the link type as GENERAL otherwise all the member ports in the
multicast VLAN cannot receive multicast streams.
5. After a multicast VLAN is created, all the IGMP packets will be processed only within the
multicast VLAN.
Configuration procedure:
Step Operation
1 Enable IGMP
function
2 Create a multicast VLAN
3 Configure parameters for
multicast VLAN
Select Enable/Disable Multicast VLAN feature.
Enter the VLAN ID of the multicast VLAN.
Specify the aging time of the router port. Within this time, if the
switch doesn't receive IGMP query message from the router port,
it will consider this port is not a router port any more.
Specify the aging time of the member port. Within this time, if the
switch doesn't receive IGMP report message from the member
port, it will consider this port is not a member port any more.
Specify the interval between the switch receiving a leave message
from a host, and the switch removing the host from the multicast
groups.
Select the static router port which is mainly used in the network
with stable topology.
Description
Snooping Required. Enable IGMP Snooping globally on the switch
and for
Snooping→Snooping Config and Port Config page.
Required. Create a multicast VLAN and add all the
member ports and router ports to the VLAN on the
VLAN→802.1Q VLAN page.
Configure the link type of the member ports as
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GENERAL.
Configure the link type of the router ports as TRUNK or
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configure the egress rule as tagged GENERAL.
Optional. Enable and configure a multicast VLAN on the
Multicast→IGMP Snooping→Multicast VLAN page.
It is recommended to keep the default time parameters.
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the port on Multicast→IGMP