D-Link DGS-3200 SERIES - Forwarding & Filtering; Unicast Forwarding; Multicast Forwarding

DGS-3200 Series Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch
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Forwarding & Filtering
The Forwarding & Filtering folder contains three windows: Unicast Forwarding, Multicast Forwarding, and Multicast
Filtering Mode.
Unicast Forwarding
To set up Unicast Forwarding on the Switch, open the Forwarding & Filtering folder in the L2 Features folder and click on the
Unicast Forwarding link.
Figure 7- 33. Unicast Forwarding window
To add an entry to the Static Unicast Forwarding Table, define the following parameters. To modify an entry on the Static Unicast
Forwarding Table, click the Edit button corresponding to the entry. To delete an entry in the Static Unicast Forwarding Table,
click the corresponding Delete button.
Parameter Description
VLAN ID (VID)
The VLAN ID number of the VLAN on which the associated unicast MAC address resides.
MAC Address
The MAC address to which packets will be statically forwarded. This must be a unicast MAC
address.
Port
Allows the selection of the port number on which the MAC address entered above resides.
Click Apply to implement the changes made.
Multicast Forwarding
To set up Multicast Forwarding on the Switch, open the L2 Features folder, go to the Forwarding & Filtering folder, and click
on the Multicast Forwarding link to see the window below:
Figure 7- 34. Multicast Forwarding window
This window displays all of the entries made into the Switch's static multicast forwarding table. The following parameters can be
set:
Parameter Description
VID
The VLAN ID of the VLAN the corresponding MAC address belongs to.
Multicast MAC
Address
The MAC address of the static source of the multicast packets. This must be a multicast MAC
address.
Port
Allows the selection of ports that will be members of the static multicast group and ports that
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