Enabling forwarding of IP directed broadcasts (CLI)
For more information, see
Configuring forwarding parameters
switch(config)# ip directed-broadcast
Syntax:
[no] ip directed-broadcast
Te switch software makes the forwarding decision based on the routing switch's knowledge of the destination
network prefix. Routers cannot determine that a message is unicast or directed broadcast apart from the
destination network prefix. The decision to forward or not forward the message is by definition only possible in the
last-hop router.
Introduction to feature
Wake-on-LAN (WOL) is an Ethernet computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or
awakened by a network message. The message is sent by a program executed on the same local area network.
Messages can also be initiated from another network by using subnet directed broadcasts or a WOL gateway
service. WOL is implemented using specially designed packet called magic packet. WOL is enabled on the switch
by using a
ip directed-broadcast
command with an IPv4 configuration, which can be used to specify an
access-list name, thus avoiding unnecessary administrative overhead.
IP directed-broadcasts would only be forwarded if permitted by the associated access-list. An
implicit deny
at
the end of an access list drops all IP directed-broadcasts that are not authorized according to the access list
entries.
NOTE:
IP routing must be enabled on the switch for this feature to work.
CLI commands
The optional association of access-list with IP directed-broadcast allows user to filter directed broadcast traffic
alone based on access-list entry rule. The feature’s CLI includes an optional parameter to specify access-list
name along with the already existing “ip directed-broadcast” command. The access-list rule specified is applied
globally on the switch and is not specific to any vlan’s alone. There is an Implicit Deny at the end of an access list
that will drop all IP Directed Broadcasts that do not match any of the access list entries.
Configuration commands
Enable IP directed broadcast forwarding for Wake-on-LAN support. An optional ACL can also be applied to
control what packets are forwarded.
Syntax
switch(config)# ip directed-broadcast [access-group <
ACL-ID
>]
access-group
Apply the specified access control list.
access-list-name-str
ASCII string specifying an ACL
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