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The firewall I bought is FAIL. It does not support multicast routing between subnets.

Ideally, what I want is a small firewall with around 8 gigabit ports and DMZ.

If I can't find something like that, then I'll have to see how to fit a small gigabit firewall with DMZ and a small gigabit switch with around 8 ports.

Anything that qualifies?

Thanks
 
Since no one responded since yesterday, I'd say your best bet is your own suggestion: Run a switch behind your router for your intra-subnet network activity. Routing multicast is a nasty thing and a potential security risk, which is why most routers filter that out.
 
Since no one responded since yesterday, I'd say your best bet is your own suggestion: Run a switch behind your router for your intra-subnet network activity. Routing multicast is a nasty thing and a potential security risk, which is why most routers filter that out.

That doesn't solve routing multicast between the LAN and the private DMZ.

I don't need multicast to cross over to the WAN.

There are products with multicast routing capability (not just passthrough to the WAN which I don't want).
 
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