View the mfdb statistics – NETGEAR MS510TXPP 8 Port Gigabit PoE Managed Switch User Manual

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Smart Managed Pro Switches MS510TX and MS510TXPP

Configure Switching

User Manual

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If you do not know the IP address of the switch, see

Access the Switch on page

14

.

The login window opens.

4.

Enter the switch’s password in the

Password

field.

The default password is

password

.

The System Information page displays.

5.

Selec

t Switching > Multicast > MFDB > MFDB Table

.

The MFDB Table page displays.

6.

In the

Search by MAC Address

field, enter a MAC address.

Enter six two-digit hexadecimal numbers separated by colons, for example,
00:01:23:43:45:67.

7.

Click the

Go

button.

If the address exists, the entry is displayed. An exact match is required.

The following table displays the MFDB table information.

Table 34. MFDB table information

Field

Description

MAC Address

The multicast MAC address for which you requested data.

VLAN ID

The VLAN ID to which the multicast MAC address is related.

Component

The component through which the entry was added to the Multicast Forwarding
Database. Possible values are IGMP Snooping, Static Filtering, and MLD Snooping.

Type

The type of the entry. Static entries are those that are configured by the end user.
Dynamic entries are added to the table as a result of a learning process or protocol.

Description

The text description of this multicast table entry. Possible values are Management
Configured, Network Configured, and Network Assisted.

Interface

The interfaces that are designated for forwarding (Fwd:) and filtering (Flt:) for the
selected address.

Forwarding Interfaces

The resultant forwarding list is derived from combining all the forwarding interfaces
and removing the interfaces that are listed as the static filtering interfaces.

View the MFDB Statistics

To view the MFDB statistics:

1.

Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.

You can use a WiFi or wired connection to connect your computer to the network, or
connect directly to a switch that is off-network using an Ethernet cable.

2.

Launch a web browser.

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