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diff --git a/docs/ch11-services.rst b/docs/ch11-services.rst index 2cdafa2b..f56bd653 100644 --- a/docs/ch11-services.rst +++ b/docs/ch11-services.rst @@ -814,6 +814,53 @@ mDNS repeater can be temporarily disabled without deleting the service using set service mdns repeater disable +UDP broadcast relay +=================== + +Certain vendors use broadcasts to identify their equipemnt within one ethernet +segment. Unfortunately if you split your network with multiple VLANs you loose +the ability of identifying your equiment. + +This is where "UDP broadcast relay" comes into play! It will forward received +broadcasts to other configured networks. + +Every UDP port which will be forward requires one unique ID. Currently we +support 99 IDs! + +To Forward broadcasts on port 1900 for eth3, eth4 and eth5 configure the service +as follows: + +.. code-block:: sh + + set service broadcast-relay id 1 description 'SONOS' + set service broadcast-relay id 1 interface 'eth3' + set service broadcast-relay id 1 interface 'eth4' + set service broadcast-relay id 1 interface 'eth5' + set service broadcast-relay id 1 port '1900' + +Forward broadcasts on port 6969 for eth3, eth4 + +.. code-block:: sh + + set service broadcast-relay id 2 description 'SONOS MGMT' + set service broadcast-relay id 2 interface 'eth3' + set service broadcast-relay id 2 interface 'eth4' + set service broadcast-relay id 2 port '6969' + +Each broadcast relay instance can be individually disabled without deleting the +configured node by: + +.. code-block:: sh + + set service broadcast-relay id <n> disable + +In addition you can also disable the whole service without removing the +configuration by: + +.. code-block:: sh + + set service broadcast-relay disable + .. _ddclient: http://sourceforge.net/p/ddclient/wiki/Home/ .. _RFC2136: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2136.txt .. _`Multicast DNS`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS |