Asante Technologies 6200 Enabling or Disabling a Port, Setting Description Port Status, Auto-Neg

	Port Configuration
Setting	Description
Port Status	The administrative status of the port’s connection.
	Enabled — port is enabled and can receive and forward
	packets.
	Disabled — port is disabled and cannot receive packets.
	Note: If the port is disabled, it cannot not receive any
	packets, even if the port’s Link Status is UP.
	▲ Important! There is no indication on the front panel
	that a port is disabled. The ports can only be seen in one
	of the management modes. .
Auto-Neg	The status of the port’s auto-negotiation capability. This
	field also shows the port’s speed and link mode
	capability by using a combination of four characters:
	ABCD.
	ABCD — capable of all combinations of speed and link
	mode (i.e., 100Base-TX full and half duplex, 10Base-T full
	and half duplex, and 10Base-T half duplex). This is the
	default setting.
	A — 100Base-TX full duplex
	B — 100Base-TX half duplex
	C — 10Base-T full duplex
	D — 10Base-T half-duplex
	▲ Important! Type h “Help for Legends” in the Port
	Configuration Menu for a complete list of all the
	combinations available.
Link Status	The status of a network device’s connection to the port
	and the speed and mode it is using.
	Up — a network device is powered on and is properly
	connected to the port.
	Down — no network device connected to the port.

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 network or to prevent unauthorized use of a port or station.

To enable or disable a port:

1	Open the Port Management Menu by typing
	p in the Configuration Menu.

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