D-Link DES-3250TG User Manual - Forwarding Filtering

D-Link DES-3250TG Standalone Layer 2 Switch

Forwarding Filtering 

MAC addresses can be statically entered into the switch’s MAC Address Forwarding Table. These addresses will never age 

out. 

Unicast Forwarding 

To enter a MAC address into the switch’s forwarding table, click on the Forwarding Filtering folder on the Configuration 

menu and then click Unicast Forwarding: 

Figure 7- 18.  Setup Static Unicast Forwarding Table window 

The following fields can be set: 

Parameter 

              Description 

VLAN ID 

Allows the entry of the VLAN ID of the 

VLAN the MAC address below is a member 

of 

− when editing. Displays the VLAN ID the 

currently selected MAC address is a member 

of 

− when editing an existing entry. 

MAC Address 

Allows the entry of the MAC address of an 

end station that will be entered into the 

switch’s static forwarding table when adding a 

new entry.  Displays the currently selected 

MAC address when editing. 

Allowed to Go Port 

Allows the selection of the port number on 

which the MAC address entered above resides.  

Multicast Forwarding 

Multicast MAC addresses can be statically entered into the switch’s MAC Address Forwarding Table. These addresses will 

never age out. 

To enter a Multicast MAC address into the switch’s forwarding table, click on the Forwarding Filtering folder on the 

Configuration menu and then click Multicast Forwarding: 

53