Stackable NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Using the Console Interface
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The above screen is used to specify an agent to interface between IGMP and VLAN. The agents are assigned to a VLAN
and allow IGMP query and report packets to be present on the given VLAN. Only 12 agents can exist on the switch at any
one time.
Items in the above screen are described below:
♦
Action
Adds/Removes an entry (agent) from the table.
♦
VID
The VLAN number that you wish to create an agent for.
Press APPLY to add the agent to the table.
Go back to the
IEEE 802.1Q IGMP Configuration
menu and choose
Configure IGMP Entry
in order to
activate/deactivate the agents and configure settings for them. The following
IEEE 802.1Q IGMP Configuration
screen appears:
Figure 6-27. IEEE 802.1Q IGMP Configuration screen
This allows you to enable or disable these agents and set aging timers for them.
Items in the above screen are defined as follows:
♦
VLAN ID
This is the VID number for the VLAN that has an agent attached to it which enables IGMP packets to be
sent and received.
♦
Age-out Timer
If no IGMP query packet has arrived at the Switch before this timer has expired, the Switch will
become the IGMP host for this VLAN.
♦
IGMP Status
Activates or deactivates the agent on this VLAN.
Configure VLANs & MAC-based Broadcast Domains
The
VLAN Configuration
menu displays the status of the current VLAN mode and allows a user to restart the Switch
in
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
,
Port-based
,
or
MAC-based Broadcast Domains
mode
,
or not to use a selection by choosing
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