Asante Technologies 6200 manual Configuring Auto-negotiation, Setting Broadcast BC Filtering

Port Configuration

Configuring Auto-negotiation

Auto-negotiation is a feature of the Fast Ethernet standard that enables two devices on a common segment to communicate their capabilities.This feature allows the devices to determine their highest common speed and best communication parameters.

Options Negotiated

The options negotiated during auto-negotiation are:

❏100Base-TX Fast Ethernet or 10Base-T Ether- net)

❏Duplex mode (full or half)

▲Important! By default, all of the IntraSwitch’s ports are set to full auto-negotiation.

Configuring an IntraSwitch’s Port for Auto-negotiation:

1	Open the Port Management Menu by typing
	p in the Configuration Menu.
2	Select the port to be enabled/disabled by typ-
	ing s, enter the port number. Press Return.
3	Type a to toggle the port’s auto-negotiation
	status to enabled.
	Auto-negotiation is changed and displayed at
	the top of the screen next to Auto-Neg:.
Setting Broadcast (BC) Filtering
1	To configure the BC filter, type v in the Port
	Configuration Menu.The Advance Port Con-
	figuration Menu will appear on the screen.
2	Type o in the Advanced Port Configuration
	Menu to toggle the BC filter option for the

port.

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