D-Link DGS-3308FG Product Manual - Page 86

8-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch User's Guide Figure 6-23. Layer 2 Switch Settings screen The following fields can then be set: • Switch GVRP: - Group VLAN Registration Protocol is a protocol that allows members to dynamically join VLANs. • Switch GMRP: Disabled - Group Multicast Registration Protocol is a protocol that allows members to dynamically join Multicast groups. This function is not supported in the current version of the Switch software. Broadcast/Multicast Storm Control: • Upper Threshold: [255]Kpps - This is the number of thousands Broadcast/Multicast packets per second received by the Switch - on one of the base ports - that will trigger the Switch's reaction to a Broadcast/Multicast storm. • Broadcast Storm Mode: - This field can be toggled between Enabled and Disabled using the space bar. This enables or disables, globally, the Switch's reaction to Broadcast storms, triggered at the threshold set above. • Multicast Storm Mode: - This field can be toggled between Enabled and Disabled using the space bar. This enables or disables, globally, the Switch's reaction to Multicast storms, triggered at the threshold set above. Layer 3 Switch Mode - Setup RIP The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector protocol that uses the hop count as its criteria for making routing decisions. RIP is an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), which means that it performs routing within a single autonomous system. To setup RIP, click Layer 3 IP Networking on the Main Menu. The following menu appears: 76