A table containing filtering information for Multicast and Broadcast MAC addresses for each VLAN, configured into the device by (local or network) management specifying the set of ports to which frames received from specific ports and containing specific Multicast and Broadcast destination addresses are allowed to be forwarded. A value of zero in this table (as the port number from which frames with a specific destination address are received) is used to specify all ports for which there is no specific entry in this table for that particular destination address. Entries are valid for Multicast and Broadcast addresses only.