Repeater Port Control/Status

The Repeater Port Control/Status displays status information for each port, of each linked repeater, and allows enabling/disabling, setting the speed, and enabling/disabling link status change notification for ports.

Repeater Port Control/Status

The Repeater Port Control/Status menu provides information about the hub’s port status. A hub can be selected with the PREV GROUP and NEXT GROUP commands and its ports selected with the PREV PORT and NEXT PORT commands. The selected port state can be configured.

Group Number: The 10/100 Managed Hub ID assigned to the hub in the stack. (1 to 6)

Port Number: The port number (1~24) of the hub specified in the Group Number.

Port Status: Displays the current read only settings.

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Black Box LH8124A, LH8112A-S manual Repeater Port Control/Status

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