Agilent Technologies N2610A Active Discovery (Enable / Disable) , Measure Length (Enable / Disable)

172 Agilent FrameScope350 User’s Manual
7System Operations
Network Settings
user can manually set the FrameScope for 10 or 100 Mbps and
full or half duplex mode . This may be used for instan ce to prove
that a 10/100 switch can properly support the 10 Mbps speed.
When satisfied wit h the settings, press Nex t get the last
Network Settings Setup screen.
Active Discovery (Enable / Disable) When the FrameScope is
attached to a switch port it only sees broadcast traffic and
traffic targeted for the FrameScope. When ‘Active Discovery’ is
enabled the FrameScope requests information from devices on
the network to increase the amount of information the
FrameScope can learn from the network.
NOTE
Active Discovery will affect t h e network and, in some cases, w ill trigger
some alarms. Use at your own risk.
Measure Length (Enable / Disable) If ‘Measure Length’ is
enabled, each time the FrameScope is attached to the network,
it measures the length of the cable. This steps takes
approximately 3 seconds. This step can be skipped by disabling
‘Measure Length’ in the ‘Network Settings Setup’ wizard. When
satisfied, press OK.