10/100 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
3.In the “ Source Address” field, enter the Ethernet (MAC) address of the station, in the form xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx; each xx must be a hexadecimal number between 00 and FF.
4.In the “ Source Port” field, type in the port number to which the station is to be connected. For example: the value “ 1” in this field would represent that the station will be connected to port 1 of this switch; the value “ 0” would represent that the station can not be connected to any port of the switch, and the switch will filter out all packets from the station.
5.Set the Status of the entry to Permanent in order to enter and save the settings in the memory of the switch.
Choose SAVE to add the entry to the forwarding table.
The PREPAGE command allows you to see the previous page, and the NEXTPAGE command allows you to see the next page.
The following Custom Filtering Table parameters can be set:
♦Source Address: This field allows you to input the Source Address. This must be a valid MAC address; you will be immediately notified with the message “ Invalid MAC Address!” if you enter an incorrect MAC address.
♦Source Port: This field allows you to enter the receive port for a specified Destination Address. For example, if 00:80:C8:12:33:43 constitutes a destination address for receive port no. 3, and the Switch receives this destination address for port no. 5; this destination address will be discarded. However, if you do not want a destination address to be discarded because of lack of recognition, a zero (0) may be used to specify all ports.
♦Status: This field allows you to toggle between three choices. It represents the filtering portion of the Switch and determines the
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