Product Manual

Multicast Port Filtering Mode
DES-3526 / DES-3526DC Fast Ethernet Layer 2 Switch
The following figure and table describe how to set up multicast forwarding on the Switch. Open the
Forwarding Filtering folder and click on the Multicast Port Filtering Mode Setup link to see the
entry window below:
The following parameters can be set:
Parameter Description
Figure 6- 32. Multicast Port Filtering Mode Setup window
From/To These two drop-down menus allow you to select a range of ports that the filter
settings will be applied to.
Mode This drop-down menu allows you to select the action the Switch will take when it
receives a multicast packet that is to be forwarded to one of the ports in the range
specified above.
• Forward All Groups - This will instruct the Switch to forward a multicast
packet to all multicast groups residing within the range of ports specified
above.
• Forward Unregistered Groups - This will instruct the Switch to forward a
multicast packet whose destination is an unregistered multicast group
residing within the range of ports specified above.
• Filter Unregistered Groups - This will instruct the Switch to filter any
multicast packets whose destination is an unregistered multicast group
residing within the range of ports specified above.
Click Apply to implement changes made.
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