IES-5000/5005/6000 Support Notes
Ring Topology Application
A ring topology provides network redundancy. This means that when a link is down, the entire network can still be up as traffic is forwarded through another route or gateway. However, to prevent network loops in a ring topology, you must enable RSTP/STP on the network. The following figure shows a ring network example.
ADSL/SHDSL
modem
| Network |
| |
PC | switch | ||
| Port1 | ||
| Port2 | ||
| Uplink1 | ||
IES2000 | |||
Uplink1 | |||
| Uplink2 | ADSL/SHDSL | |
| Uplink2 | ||
|
| modem | |
PC | PC |
Setting up a Ring Environment
This section shows you how to set up a ring network using an
1. IES-5000 settings
1.1 Activating Spanning Tree protocol on Ethernet Ports
Before you set up the ring topology, enable spanning tree protocol on the Ethernet
76
All contents copyright (c) 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.