Management

Enabling or Disabling a Port

The enabling or disabling of a port is a manual operation that can be used to isolate network devices possibly causing problems on the net- work. It can also be used to prevent unauthorized use of a port or sta- tion.

To enable or disable a port:

1 Click PortCtrl.

You do not need to select any particular item on the front- panel image.

The Port Control table appears, similar to Figure 4-9.

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Figure 4-9 Port Control table

ΔNote: For a description of each field, see “Port Ctrl” on page 5-19.

Select the port to be enabled or disabled by clicking once on the port’s row.

Click Modify.

The “Modify Dialog” box appears.

Open the State drop-down menu and select Enable (to enable the port) or Disable (to disable the port).

Click Apply.

The port’s state is modified. Click Refresh to view updated information.

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Asante Technologies 6000 Series user manual Enabling or Disabling a Port, Port Control table