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Bridging – multicast addresses – B&B Electronics 708M12-HV - Manual User Manual

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Bridging – Multicast Addresses

The Multicast Addresses tab under the Bridging category will display a list of Multicast Group Addresses
that are associated with respective port numbers. This may be used to statically assign a Multicast Group
Address access to a group of ports on the switch.

Following the Add button on the page above, the administrator must enter a valid Multicast Group Address
and associate it with a port number or list on the switch. Once the administrator clicks on the Add button,
the changes will take effect instantly.

Note: If there are multiple ports on different VLANs, the 708 will apply the static multicast address to the

lowest VLAN-ID that is associated with one of the ports assigned to the static multicast address. So
if the lowest VLAN-ID contains all the ports assigned to the static multicast address (an umbrella
VLAN), it will function for all those ports with no problems. This can be achieved with overlapping
VLANs.