Modular Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Using the Console Interface
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Configure MAC Address Filtering
The Static Filtering Table contains filtering information configured into the Switch by (local or network)
management specifying MAC addresses which are not allowed to be forwarded. The Switch will check both
the destination and source MAC addresses on all packets.
To access the Static Filtering Table, select
Configure Filtering and Forwarding Table
from the
System
Configuration
menu. Then select
Configure MAC Address Filtering
from the bottom of the
Configure
Filtering and Forwarding table
screen. The following screen appears:
Figure 6-24. Static Filtering Table screen
To make a change to the
Static Filtering Table
, choose
Add
or
Remove
in the
Action
field. Then enter the
MAC
Address
and
VID
(if Port-based or 802.1Q VLANs are enabled) and then press APPLY.
Configure Static Multicast Filtering
Multicast filtering
allows you to block or forward traffic over each port for one multicast group.
To access the
Static Multicast Filtering Configuration
screen, select
Configure Filtering and
Forwarding Table
from the
System Configuration
menu. Then select
Configure Static Multicast
Filtering
from the bottom of the
Configure Filtering and Forwarding table
screen. The following screen
appears:
Figure 6-25. Static Multicast Filtering Configuration screen
