Advanced Management

that VLAN only, and all forwarding decisions for that VLAN are made by consulting that table. When shared learning is enabled, a single forwarding table is used by all VLANs that are members of the shared group. (For more information, see “Independent vs. Shared Learning.”)

To enable shared learning for a VLAN, type v in the Advance Group Static Configuration Menu. Then enter the index of the VLAN with which you want to share. You can repeat this procedure to share with multiple VLANs.

To enable independent learning for a VLAN, type i in the Advance Group Static Configuration Menu.

Inserting and Removing MAC Addresses

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To specify the MAC address for the station that {{what?}} for the VLAN, type type m in the Advance Group Static Configuration Menu, then specify the MAC address in the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx where xx is hexadecimal number separated by a colon.

To remove the MAC address from the VLAN, type type r in the Advance Group Static Configuration Menu, then specify the MAC address.

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