Technical Tip: Configure Multicast streaming using VLC via FortiGate

kcheng · ‎07-01-2022

Description

This article describes the steps to configure Multicast streaming using VLC via FortiGate.

Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

1) Go to System -> Feature Visibility and enable 'Multicast Policy'.

2) Configure the following:

# config system settings
set multicast-forward enable
set multicast-ttl-notchange enable
end

3) Disable Multicast routing with the following command:

# config router multicast
set multicast-routing disable
end

4) Configure Multicast policy to allow Multicast connection:

# config firewall multicast-policy
edit 1
set name "P5-P6"
set logtraffic enable
set srcintf "port5"
set dstintf "port6"
set srcaddr "all"
set dstaddr "all"
next

edit 2
set name "P6-P5"
set logtraffic enable
set srcintf "port6"
set dstintf "port5"
set srcaddr "all"
set dstaddr "all"
next
end

5) Open VLC Media player on the server-side, Go to Tools -> Preferences and change Show settings to All:

6) Scroll down to Stream output -> Access output and change the Hop limit to 100:

7) Select the file that to stream and select the network protocol use (in this example, UDP is used).

8) In the Options Setup page, ensure that TTL attribute is added.

It is advisable to put in any value more than 1:

9) On the client-side, open VLC Media player and enter the Multicast IP:

10) The video should start streaming:

Technical Tip: Configure Multicast streaming using VLC via FortiGate

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