D-Link DES-3028 User Manual - Multicast Filtering Mode

DES-3028 DES-3028P DES-3052 DES-3052P Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Managed Switch 

Multicast Filtering Mode 

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 Filtering Mode Setup link to see the entry window below: 

Figure 6- 64. Multicast Filtering Mode window 

The following parameters can be set: 

Parameter                 Description 

From/To 

These two drop-down menus allow you to select a range of ports to which the filter settings will 

be applied. 

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. 

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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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