AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual
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Secondary SNTP Server
The IP address or host name of the secondary SNTP server. This
can be provided by the ISP or defined by a user.
Tertiary SNTP Server
The IP address or host name of the tertiary SNTP server. This can be
provided by the ISP or defined by a user.
Timeout
If the router failed to connect to a SNTP server within the Timeout period, it retries
the connection.
Polling Interval
The amount of time between a successful connection with a SNTP server and
a new attempt to connect to a SNTP server.
Retry Count
The number of times the router tries to connect to a SNTP server before it tries
to connect to the next server in line.
Time Zone
The time zone in which the router resides.
Day Light
Select this option to enable/disable Daylight Saving Time (DST). DST is not
automatically enabled or disabled. You need to manually enable and disable it.
3.
Click
Apply
to temporarily apply the settings.
4.
To make changes permanent, click
Save Settings
.
IGMP Proxy
IP hosts use Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) to report their multicast group memberships to
neighboring routers. Similarly, multicast routers use IGMP to discover which of their hosts belong to
multicast groups. Your router supports IGMP proxy that handles IGMP messages. When enabled, your
router acts as a proxy for a LAN host making requests to join and leave multicast groups, or a multicast
router sending multicast packets to multicast groups on the WAN side.
Figure 20: IGMP Proxy
Multicasting is a form of limited broadcast. UDP is used to send datagram’s to all hosts that belong to what
is called a Host Group. A host group is a set of one or more hosts identified by a single IP destination address.
The following statements apply to host groups:
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Anyone can join or leave a host group at will.
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There are no restrictions on a host’s location.
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There are no restrictions on the number of members that may belong to a host group.
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A host may belong to multiple host groups.
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Non-group members may send UDP datagrams to the host group.
Multicasting is useful when the same data needs to be sent to more than one device. For instance, if one
device is responsible for acquiring data that many other devices need then multicasting is a natural fit. Note