SonicOS 7 System

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Creating a Multicast Address Object

To create a Multicast Address Object

  1. Enable reception for the following multicast addresses - In the drop-down menu, select Create a new multicast address object. The Create New Multicast Address Object dialog displays.

  2. Configure the name of the address object in the Name field.
  3. From the Zone Assignment drop-down menu, select MULTICAST.
  4. From the Type drop-down menu, select Host, Range, Network, MAC, or FQDN.

  5. Depending on your Type selection, the options on the dialog change. If you select:

    Type Option(s) displayed
    Host IP Address – Enter the IP address of the host or network. The IP address must be in the range for multicast: 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.
    Network
    • Network – Enter the IP address of the host or network. The IP address must be in the range for multicast: 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.
    • Netmask/Prefix Length – Enter the netmask for the network.
    Range Starting IP Address and Ending IP Address – Enter the starting and ending IP address for the address range. The IP addresses must be in the range for multicast: 224.0.0.1 to 239.255.255.255.
    MAC
    • MAC Address – Enter the MAC address of the host or network.
    • Multi-homed Host – Select if the MAC address is for a multihomed host. This option is selected by default.
    FQDN
    • FQDN Hostname – Enter the fully qualified domain name for the host.
    • Manually set DNS entries’ TTL … (120~86400s) – Select to enter the time-to-live (TTL or hop limit) for DNS entries. This option is not selected by default. When selected, the TTL field becomes active. The range is 120 - 86400 seconds.
  6. Click Save.