Netgear M4250-26G4XF-PoE User Manual - Page 43

Add or remove blocked multicast address ranges

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AV Line of Fully Managed Switches M4250 Series 7. If you select Block Multicast from the Multicast Mode menu in the previous step, in this step select one or more multicast address ranges to be blocked from the Multicast Block Addresses menu: • Individual multicast address ranges: Click the Network Ranges text (not the check box) and select one or more check boxes for individual network ranges. • All multicast network ranges: Select the Network Ranges check box. The switch does not let traffic from a blocked address pass through. 8. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved. 9. To save the settings to the running configuration, at the top of the page, click the Save icon or text. Add or remove blocked multicast address ranges Multicast host groups are identified by class D IP addresses, which range from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255. You can block one, several, or all of these multicast address ranges, which you then can apply to one or more ports. The switch does not let traffic from a blocked address pass through. Note: If you want remove a blocked multicast range from a port, we recommend that you set the multicast mode for the port to default mode rather than remove the blockage for the multicast range. For more information, see Configure the multicast mode for one or more ports on page 42. To add or remove blocked multicast address ranges: 1. Launch a web browser. 2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch. The login page displays. 3. In the Login Name field, enter admin as the user name, in the Password field, enter your local device password, and click the AV UI Login button. The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must specify a local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in. The Overview page displays. 4. Select Configure > Multicast. Multicast 43 Audio Video User Manual

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7.
If you select
Block Multicast
from the
Multicast Mode
menu in the previous step,
in this step select one or more multicast address ranges to be blocked from the
Multicast Block Addresses
menu:
Individual multicast address ranges
: Click the
Network Ranges
text (
not
the
check box) and select one or more check boxes for individual network ranges.
All multicast network ranges
: Select the
Network Ranges
check box.
The switch does not let traffic from a blocked address pass through.
8.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
9.
To save the settings to the running configuration, at the top of the page, click the
Save
icon or text.
Add or remove blocked multicast address
ranges
Multicast host groups are identified by class D IP addresses, which range from 224.0.0.0
to 239.255.255.255. You can block one, several, or all of these multicast address ranges,
which you then can apply to one or more ports. The switch does not let traffic from a
blocked address pass through.
Note:
If you want remove a blocked multicast range from a port, we recommend that
you set the multicast mode for the port to default mode rather than remove the blockage
for the multicast range. For more information, see Configure
the
multicast
mode
for
one
or
more
ports
on page 42.
To add or remove blocked multicast address ranges:
1.
Launch a web browser.
2.
In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login page displays.
3.
In the
Login Name
field, enter
admin
as the user name, in the
Password
field, enter
your local device password, and click the
AV UI Login
button.
The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must
specify a local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in.
The Overview page displays.
4.
Select
Configure > Multicast
.
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