Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 389)

AT-S62 Command Line User’s Guide
389
SET SWITCH MULTICASTMODE
Syntax
set switch multicastmode=a|b|c|d
Parameter
multicastmode Specifies one of the following:
a Discards all ingress spanning tree BPDU and
802.1x EAPOL packets on all ports.
b Forwards ingress spanning tree BPDU and
802.1x EAPOL packets across all VLANs and
ports.
c Forwards ingress BPDU and EAPOL packets
only among the untagged ports of the VLAN
where the ingress port is a member.
d Forwards ingress BPDU and EAP packets on
both tagged and untagged ports of the VLAN
where the ingress port is a member.
Description
This command controls the behavior of the switch when forwarding
ingress spanning tree BPDU packets and 802.1x port-based access
control EAPOL packets when these features are disabled on the switch.
Note the following when setting this parameter:
❑ You can only set this parameter from this command. You cannot
configure it from the menus or web browser interface.
❑ The mode is set at the switch level. You cannot configure it on a
per-port basis.
❑ A switch can have only one mode active at a time.
❑ The mode setting applies to spanning tree protocol BPDUs when
STP, RSTP, and MSTP are disabled on the switch.
❑ The mode setting applies to 802.1x port-based access control
EAPOL packets when 802.1x is disabled.