For introductory information about user datagram protocol (UDP), see
on page 313.
Configuring and enabling UDP broadcast forwarding
To configure and enable UDP broadcast forwarding on the switch:
Procedure
1.
Enable routing.
2.
Globally enable UDP broadcast forwarding.
3.
On a per-VLAN basis, configure a forwarding address and UDP port type for each type of incoming UDP
broadcast you want routed to other VLANs.
Globally enabling UDP broadcast forwarding
Syntax:
[no] ip udp-bcast-forward
Enables or disables UDP broadcast forwarding on the routing switch. Routing must be enabled before executing
this command.
Using the
no
form of this command disables any
ip forward protocol udp
commands configured in VLANs
on the switch.
Default: Disabled
Configuring UDP broadcast forwarding on individual VLANs
This command routes an inbound UDP broadcast packet received from a client on the VLAN to the unicast or
broadcast address configured for the UDP port type.
Syntax:
[no] ip forward-protocol udp
ip-address
[port-number | port-name]
Used in a VLAN context to configure or remove a server or broadcast address and its associated UDP port
number. You can configure a maximum of 16
forward-protocol udp
assignments in a given VLAN. The
switch allows a total of 256
forward-protocol udp
assignments across all VLANs.
You can configure UDP broadcast forwarding addresses regardless of whether UDP broadcast forwarding is
globally enabled on the switch. However, the feature does not operate unless globally enabled.
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