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| ==== Configuration ==== | ==== Configuration ==== | ||
| - | You configure IGMP proxy on the [[web GUI:Security profile]] page. If you have multiple WAN interfaces you select which WAN interface to receive multicast data streams from on the [[web GUI:Extra WAN interfaces]] page. | ||
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| The [[web GUI:Security profile]] page has two fields controlling IGMP/multicast: | The [[web GUI:Security profile]] page has two fields controlling IGMP/multicast: | ||
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| | x | x | Only valid IGMP and multicast packets (actually requested by clients on the LAN) are allowed through the firewall, link layer unicast to single LAN client, multiple IGMP clients support. | | | x | x | Only valid IGMP and multicast packets (actually requested by clients on the LAN) are allowed through the firewall, link layer unicast to single LAN client, multiple IGMP clients support. | | ||
| + | If you have multiple WAN interfaces you select which WAN interface to receive multicast data streams from on the [[web GUI:Extra WAN interfaces]] page. Read more about [[network:extrawan#IGMP proxy|how IGMP proxy uses extra WAN interfaces]]. | ||
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| + | ==== Logging ==== | ||
| + | Multicast packets are by default //not// included into the [[web GUI:firewall log page|firewall log]], as the amount of data multicasted usually is so much it would clog the firewall log down. You can however turn on logging of multicast packets by enabling **Log UDP multicast packets** under **Firewall Log** on the [[web GUI:Log Configuration page]]. (You must of course also set Firewall Log to other than off on that same page too, to start logging packets.) | ||
