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Creating a Multicast Address Object

To create a Multicast Address Object

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

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.

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