TP-LINK tl-sl5428e User Manual

 

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5.  After a multicast VLAN is created, all the IGMP packets will be processed only within the 

multicast VLAN. 

Configuration procedure: 

1 Enable 

IGMP 

Snooping 

function 

Required. Enable IGMP Snooping globally on the switch 
and for the port on Multicast→IGMP 
Snooping→Snooping Config and Port Config page. 

2 

Create a multicast VLAN 

Required. Create a multicast VLAN and add all the member 
ports and router ports to the VLAN on the VLAN→802.1Q 
VLAN page. 

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Configure the link type of the member ports as 
GENERAL. 

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Configure the link type of the router ports as TRUNK or 
configure the egress rule as tagged GENERAL. 

3 Configure 

parameters 

for 

multicast VLAN 

Optional. Enable and configure a multicast VLAN on the 
Multicast→IGMP Snooping→Multicast VLAN page. 
It is recommended to keep the default time parameters. 

4 

Look over the configuration 

If it is successfully configured, the VLAN ID of the multicast 
VLAN will be displayed in the IGMP Snooping Status table 
on the Multicast→IGMP Snooping→Snooping Config 
page. 

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Multicast source sends multicast streams via the router, and the streams are transmitted to user A 
and user B through the switch. 

Router: Its WAN port is connected to the multicast source; its LAN port is connected to the switch. 
The multicast packets are transmitted in VLAN3. 

Switch: Port 3 is connected to the router and the packets are transmitted in VLAN3; port 4 is 
connected to user A and the packets are transmitted in VLAN4; port 5 is connected to user B and 
the packets are transmitted in VLAN5. 

User A: Connected to Port 4 of the switch. 

User B: Connected to port 5 of the switch. 

Configure a multicast VLAN, and user A and B receive multicast streams through the multicast 
VLAN. 

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