Asante Technologies FM2008/2009 user manual Priority

Parameter	Description
	You can change the priority value used to identify the root bridge. The
Priority	bridge with the lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the
	root. Enter a number 1 through 65535.
Max Age	You can change the Max Age value, the number of seconds a bridge
	waits without receiving Spanning Tree Protocol configuration messages
	before attempting a reconfiguration. Enter a number 6 through 40.
Hello Time	You can change the Hello time value, the number of seconds between
	the transmission of Spanning Tree Protocol configuration messages.
	Enter a number 1 through 10.
Forward	You can change the forward delay time, the number of seconds a port
	waits before changing from its Spanning Tree Protocol learning and
Delay time	listening states to the forwarding state. Enter a number 4 through 30.

Note: Only users familiar with the operation of Spanning Tree Protocol should change these values.

4.The following parameters can be configured on each port. Click the Apply button to have the changes take effect.

Parameter	Description
Port	You can make a port more or less likely to become the root port, by
	adjusting the priority setting. The rage is 0-255, with the default
Priority
	setting is 128.
	The lower the number the higher priority the port is given, making it
	more likely to be the root port. If you change the value, you must
	reboot the switch.
	Specifies the path cost of the port that the switch uses to determine
Path Cost	which ports are the forwarding ports.
	The port with the lowest path cost becomes the forwarding port. The
	rage is 1-65535 and default value base on IEEE802.1D
	10Mb/s = 50-600 100Mb/s = 10-60
	If you change the value, you MUST reboot the switch.

Note: Only users familiar with the operation of Spanning Tree Protocol should change these values.

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