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Switchport block egress-multicast – Allied Telesis AT-FS970M Series User Manual

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Chapter 31: Multicast Commands

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SWITCHPORT BLOCK EGRESS-MULTICAST

Syntax

switchport block egress-multicast

Parameters

None

Mode

Port Interface mode

Description

Use this command to block egress multicast packets on ports. By default,
all ports on the switch are set to allow multicast packets.

Note

This feature does not block multicast packets that have reserved
multicast addresses in the range of 01:80:C2:00:00:00 to
01:80:C2:00:00:0F.

Note

If IGMP snooping is disabled on the switch, all reports are
suppressed on a port even if you enable this command. By default,
IGMP snooping is disabled on the switch. For more information
about this feature, see Chapter 38, “Internet Group Management
Protocol (IGMP) Snooping” on page 577
.

Confirmation Command

“SHOW INTERFACE” on page 229

Example

This example blocks egress multicast packets on ports 20 and 22:

awplus> enable
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# interface port1.0.20,port1.0.22
awplus(config-if)# switchport block egress-multicast