8-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Static Router Port
Note:
There is no difference between the setup of a ‘router port’ in
Layer 2 Only
mode and in
IP
Routing
mode.
Note:
A router port allows UDP multicast and IGMP packets to be forwarded to a designated port on
the switch regardless of VLAN configuration.
Note:
A router port functions within layer 2 of the OSI model. This section is repeated in the
Layer 3
Multicasting
section of this manual below because of the possible confusion caused by the term
‘router port’ when compared to a traditional router.
A static router port is a port that has a router attached to it. Generally, this router would have a connection to a WAN or to
the Internet. Establishing a router port will allow multicast packets coming from the router to be propagated through the
network, as well as allowing multicast messages coming from the network to be propagated to the router.
The purpose of a router port is to enable UDP multicast packets, and IGMP multicast group membership messages to
reach multiple ports of a multicast-enabled router. Routers do not implement IGMP snooping or transmit/forward IGMP
report packets. Thus, forwarding all IP UDP multicast packets to a static router port on the DGS-3308 guarantees that all
ports of a multicast-enabled router – attached to the DGS-3308– can reach all multicast group members through the
attached router’s other ports.
To setup a static router port, highlight
Static Router Port Settings
from the
Multicasting Menu
and press
Enter
.
Figure 6-38. Static Router Port Settings screen
Note:
All IGMP Report packets will be forwarded to the router port.
Note:
IGMP queries (from the router port) will be flooded to all ports.
Note:
All UDP multicast packets will be forwarded to the router port. Because routers do not send
IGMP reports or implement IGMP snooping, a multicast-enabled router connected to the router
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