Security
from the selected ports: a trap will be sent after the first violation, but all packets, regardless of source address, will be allowed to pass. Ports in this state still have active eavesdropper protection.
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Any ports which are disabled in response to a violation will remain disabled even after the SEHI has been reset, and must be
3.The Security Level field allows you to select which packets not addressed to the selected ports will be scrambled: click to select partial if you wish to scramble the data portion of all packets except broadcasts and multicasts; select full if you wish to scramble broadcasts and multicasts as well. Note that scrambling can only be applied to LANVIEWSECURE hubs; this field will be grayed out if one or more
4.Use the Force NonSecure field to designate which ports should be securable (that is, lockable) and which should be unsecurable. By definition, any LANVIEWSECURE port with more than 35 addresses in its source address table (or exactly 35 for two consecutive ageing times) is unsecurable, as are any
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You cannot force a port to Unsecurable status if it is already locked.
5.Click on to save your changes; the new Security Level and violation response settings will be displayed in the list box.
To assign secure addresses to a port:
1.Click to select a single port in the list box; the button will be activated.
2.Click on ; the Addresses window, Figure
Configuring Security |