topic Allow Multicast Traffic on StandAlone AP H500 in Access Points - Indoor and Outdoor

Allow Multicast Traffic on StandAlone AP H500

ricardo_reynaud — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:52:33 GMT

Hi,

I was wondering how to make suer that the AP does not drop multicast traffic when it is on standalone mdeo.
On a Zone Director, each WLAN can be set individually by unticking the box for "Drop multicast traffic on this WLAN" - but how can you be sure on a standalone AP?

I found this:
wlan9 up AP wlan9 1 94:f6:65:78:53:2c chromecast2

set qos wlan9 directed multicast disable
set qos wlan9 igmp disable

set qos eth0 directed multicast disable
set qos eth0 igmp disable

but I am not sure it does the exact same thing - I am trying to use a Chromecast and it needs MDNS to work and I believe this is the issue.

Help?

Thanks,
Ricardo

Re: Allow Multicast Traffic on StandAlone AP H500

michael_brado — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:27:36 GMT

Hello Ricardo,

Yes you are issuing commands telling the AP not to snoop IGMP and reply on behalf of clients,
which means let MDNS/Multicast flow thru Eth/Wireless interfaces, and let the clients answer the
IGMP join/update messages directly. Has this worked for you?

Re: Allow Multicast Traffic on StandAlone AP H500

ricardo_reynaud — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:58:10 GMT

Unfortunately no.

I read many threads and they all had the same fix so I am not sure if the problem is coming from the AP - although it would make sense since it is where the device is connected...

I will probably have to check the whole network again.

Thanks Michael,
Ricardo