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Chapter 2 - Managing a Single Device/Cell Bridging Page
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Table 2-2 describes how Layer 2 broadcast and multicast frames are handled and
how the VLAN Multicast Allowed setting affects this behavior.
2.19.3 The Bridging Page Allow/Deny MAC Address
List Tab (AU Only)
The Allow/Deny MAC Address List feature enables defining a list of up to 100
MAC addresses as belonging to devices that are either granted or denied service.
VLAN Q in Q Ethertype
(Hex)
Applicably only for AU and SU. This parameter sets the Ethertype of
the Service Provider tag, and is applicable only for Service Provider
Links.
The valid values are from 8100 to 9000, 9100 and 9200 (Hex).
Service Provider VLAN
ID.
Applicable only for SU. The Service Provider VLAN ID is applicable
only when the VLAN Link Type parameter is set to Service Provider
Link. It enables defining the Service Provider VLAN ID for data
frames, which identifies the Service Provider VLAN to which the unit
belongs.
The range is 1 to 4094.
Table 2-1: Extended Trunk Frame Routing
Incoming Frame Type Wireless to Ethernet Traffic Ethernet to Wireless Traffic
Untagged Drop Pass with native VLAN ID
Tagged with native VLAN ID Pass as untagged Drop
Tagged with other VLAN ID Pass Pass
Table 2-2: Layer 2 Broadcast/Multicast Frames’ Behavior
Rule Match Broadcast Frames Multicast Frames
The frame matches at least one rule Frame is handled according to the rule with the highest precedence
No match Multicast Enabled Frame is multiplied and tagged
with each distinct VLAN ID that
was specified in the rules.
Frame is multiplied and tagged
with each distinct VLAN ID that
was specified in the rules.
Multicast Disabled Frame is dropped
NOTE
An Ethernet frame is considered multicast if the LSB (Least Significant Bit) of the first byte of its
MAC address has the value 1.