beautypg.com

D-Link DES-3225G User Manual

Page 61

background image

24-port NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide

Using the Console Interface

51

Figure 6-23. IGMP Configuration screen

Items in the above window are defined as follows:

IP Multicast Filtering Age-out Timer(30-9999)

When this timer expires and the Switch has not observed

(snooped) any IGMP query packets asking whether any stations belong to any Multicast groups, the Switch itself will

send out queries and become the IGMP host on your network.

IP Multicast Filtering (IGMP Snooping)

This enables or disables the Switch to intelligently forward IGMP

and Multicast packets instead of broadcasting (flooding) them on all ports. This setting also enables IGMP Snooping,

which enables the Switch to read IGMP packets being forwarded through the Switch in order to obtain forwarding

information from them (learn which ports contain Multicast members).

If IEEE 802.1Q VLANs is selected on the VLANs & MAC-based Broadcast Domains Configuration screen,

Configure 802.1Q IGMP

will appear at the bottom of the IGMP Configuration screen. This screen allows IGMP to

operate in conjunction with IEEE 802.1Q VLANs. The screen is shown below: