TP-Link T1700G-28TQ - Querier Config

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VLAN ID: Enter the VLAN ID of the multicast VLAN.
Router Port Time:
Specify the aging time of the router port. Within this time, if the
switch doesn’t receive MLD
query message from the router port, it
will consider this port is not a router port any more.
Member Port Time:
Specify the aging time of the member port. Within this time, if the
switch doesn’t receive MLD
report message from the member
port, it will consider this port is not a member port any more.
Dynamic Router
Ports:
Displays the dynamic router ports of the multicast VLAN.
Static Router Ports:
Specify the static router port which is mainly used in the network
with stable topology.
Note:
1. The Multicast VLAN won't take effect unless you first complete the configuration for the
corresponding VLAN owning the port on the 802.1Q VLAN page.
2. The router port should be in the multicast VLAN, otherwise the member ports cannot receive
multicast streams.
3. Configure the link type of the router port in the multicast VLAN as Tagged otherwise all the
member ports in the multicast VLAN cannot receive multicast streams.
4. Before creating a Multicast VLAN, you should enable the MLD snooping function in 9.2.1
Snooping Config.
5. After a multicast VLAN is created, all the MLD packets will be processed only within the
multicast VLAN.
Configuration Procedure of Multicast VLAN:
Step Operation Description
1
Create VLAN. Required. On the VLAN →802.1Q VLAN →VLAN Config
page, click the Create
button to create a VLAN. Enter the
VLAN ID and the description for the VLAN. Meanwhile,
specify its member ports.
2
Enable MLD snooping
globally.
Required. On the Multicast →MLD Snooping →Snooping
Config page, enable the MLD snooping function globally.
3
Enable the Multicast VLAN. Required. On the Multicast →MLD Snooping →Multicast
VLAN page, enable the Multicast VLAN
function and
specify the Multicast VLAN ID
as the VLAN specified in
Step 1.
9.2.5 Querier Config
In an IPv6 multicast network that runs MLD, a Layer 3 multicast device works as an MLD querier to
send out MLD queries and manage the multicast table. But MLD is not supported by the devices in
Layer 2 network. MLD Snooping Querier can act as an MLD Router in Layer 2 network. It can help
to create and maintain multicast forwarding table on the switch with the Query messages it
generates.