
10/100 Auto Negotiation Switch User’s Guide
Root Bridge
Specifies the MAC address of the Root Bridge. The
Root Port
Specifies the preferred path to the Root Bridge. Only one path per bridge can exist. The default setting is none.
Table 7: User Selective STA parameters
STA parameters | Settings | Effects | Comment |
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Enable/Disable | Enable/ Disable | Participate in or | Enable in a SNMP |
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| remove from STA | network. |
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Bridge Priority | Lower the #, higher | Increases chance of | Avoid, if the switch is |
| the priority | becoming the Root | used in workgroup |
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| Bridge | level of a large |
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| network |
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Hello Time | 1 – 10 seconds | No effect, if not Root | Never set greater |
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| Bridge | than Max Age Time |
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Max Age Time | 6 – 40 seconds | Compete for Root | Avoid low number for |
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| Bridge, if BPDU is not | unnecessary reset of |
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| received | Root Bridge |
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Forward Delay | 4 – 30 seconds | High # delays the | Max Age < 2 x |
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| change in state | (Forward Delay - 1) |
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| Max Age > 2 x Hello |
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| Time + 1) |
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Port Level STA parameters |
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Enable/ Disable | Enable/ disable | Enable or disable | Disable a port for |
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| LAN segment | security or problem |
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| isolation |
Port Priority | Lower the #, higher | Increases chance of |
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| the priority | becoming the Root |
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| Port |
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Managing the | 42 |