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How do I block broadcast messages to a specific port?
Hi,
I have a situation that I am having trouble solving. I suspect it isn't hard to do if you are a networking expert (which I am not), so hopefully someone can get me vectored in the right di...
Hi Islepilot,
Welcome to the community! :)
I inquired your concern to the higher tier of NETGEAR Support. As per the higher tier of NETGEAR Support: "Broadcast packets don’t pass to other VLANs because each VLAN is an independent broadcast domain. Can the DEVICE send the traffic multicast? -- this might be a way around it. Otherwise, if you can get it working using the FVX538, then that might be the best you can get."
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
Hi Islepilot,
Welcome to the community! :)
I inquired your concern to the higher tier of NETGEAR Support. As per the higher tier of NETGEAR Support: "Broadcast packets don’t pass to other VLANs because each VLAN is an independent broadcast domain. Can the DEVICE send the traffic multicast? -- this might be a way around it. Otherwise, if you can get it working using the FVX538, then that might be the best you can get."
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
Thanks, DaneA. Adding the firewall router ended up being the easiest solution.
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