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reconfigure when the interface changes state, and also overcomes other STA-related timeout problems.

■State — Displays the current STA state of a port. If enabled, the port state determines what action is taken on traffic. Possible port states are:

■Learning — Indicates that the port is in Learning mode. The port cannot forward traffic, however it can learn new MAC addresses.

■Forwarding — Indicates that the port is in Forwarding mode. The port can forward traffic and learn new MAC addresses.

■Discarding — Indicates that the port is in Discarding mode. The port is listening to BPDUs, and discards any other frames it receives.

■Link Type — Indicates the established link type. The possible field values are:

■Auto — Automatically derived from the duplex mode setting. Ports set to full duplex mode are considered Point-to-Point port links, while ports set to half-duplex mode are assumed to be on a shared link.

■Point to Point — Indicates that a point-to-point link is currently established on the port.

■Shared — Indicates that a shared link is currently established on the port.

■Port Priority — Indicates the priority value of the port. The priority influences the port choice when a bridge has two ports connected in a loop. If the path cost for all ports on a switch is the same, the port with the highest priority will be configured as an active link in the Spanning Tree. This makes a port with higher priority less likely to be blocked if the Spanning Tree Algorithm is detecting network loops.