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24-port NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Using the Console Interface 71
Figure 6-43. GVRP Configuration screen
This screen allows you to enable or disable GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP), where GARP is the Generic
Attribute Registration Protocol, on individual ports.
GVRP updates dynamic VLAN registration entries and communicates the new VLAN information across the network.
This allows, among other things, for stations to physically move to other switch ports and keep their same VLAN settings,
without having to reconfigure VLAN settings on the Switch.
Configure GMRP
Group Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP) allows multicasts to be sent on a single VLAN without affecting other
VLANs or broadcast domains. Group registration entries indicate for each port whether frames to be sent to a group MAC
address and on a certain VLAN should be filtered or discarded. Use the GMRP Configuration screen to enable or
disable GMRP.
Choose Configure GMRP from the bottom of the VLANs & MAC-based Broadcast Domains Configuration
screen (the Switch must already be in IEEE 802.1Q VLANs mode) to access the following GMRP Configuration
screen: