3Com 3CRWEASYA73, WL-575 manual Root bridge acting as the master bridges parent

CHAPTER 5: SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

•Root Bridge: Operates as the root bridge in the wireless bridge network. Up to six ”Child” links are available to other bridges in the network.

Master/Slave Mode – Selects between Master and Slave mode. A single master enables up to five slave links, whereas a slave will have only one link to the master.

Channel Auto Sync – This command allows a child bridge to automatically find the operating channel of its parent bridge.

CAUTION: Do not enable Channel Auto Sync on a master bridge if there is no

!root bridge acting as the master bridge's parent.

Bridge Parent – The physical layer address of the root bridge unit or the bridge unit connected to the root bridge. (12 hexadecimal digits in the form “xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx”)

Bridge Child – The physical layer address of other bridge units for which this unit serves as the bridge parent or the root bridge. (12 hexadecimal digits in the form “xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx”)

Figure 26 Spanning Tree Protocol

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