Bonjour/mDNS forwarding

[dtbullock]

I have a wireless printer, and don’t trust it to be on the same broadcast domain as the Windows client VLAN10 (this stops printer getting remotely hacked, engaging in Layer2 spoofing type attacks against Kerberos as the Windows clients access various resources on the network), so it’s on it’s own VLAN6.

However, the printer advertises itself via Bonjour/mDNS (or in fact, WSD … Web Services Discovery), so I’d like these multicast packets to be relayed into the Windows client PC VLAN.

Can the MAX BR1 be configured to relay this multicast traffic from VLAN6 to VLAN10?

[sitloongs]

Not all MAX models support Bonjour forwarding.

More info please refer to the forum link below:

Building Multi-Site Bonjour Networks with Bonjour Forwarding

The objective of this article is to explain how Bonjour Forwarding works, and how to configure it on your Web UI. Please note that this feature is available on devices running Firmware 6.1.2 or newer. What is Bonjour? Bonjour is Apple's proprietary layer 2 protocol that helps Bonjour-enabled devices discover each other. Bonjour is necessary for Airplay and Airprint to function. Normally, Bonjour only works on other devices on the same local network, not on different VLAN or on devices connected…

Bonjour forward settings on MAX TRANSIT

I would like to setup Bonjour forward settings on MAX TRANSIT DUO and I found it in the manual below: However, the settings might not exist at Network Settings in my MAX TRANSIT DUO. Could you kindly confirm whether the settings exist or not in MAX TRANSIT? Thank you for your cooperation.

[dtbullock]

Hmm, well I’m not very impressed about that. You’ve already got good product segmentation based on such features as SpeedFusion and MediaFast. Broadcast forwarding is a commodity feature in most other routers. This really shows up the realities of using a product where every capability is a special-case. I’d have expected this feature in the BR1-ENT … it’s not very ENT after all, it seems.