D-Link DES-3624 manual Static Forwarding Table

Stackable NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide

♦Lock Address Table(Stop Learning) Mostly used for security purposes, when the forwarding table is locked the Switch will no longer learn the MAC addresses for new hosts. If your network configuration doesn’t change, locking the forwarding table helps keep intruders off your network since any packet coming from an unknown source address will be dropped by the Switch.

♦Address Look-up Mode Select from: Level 0, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 6, or Level 7.

♦MAC Address Age-out Time (sec.) Enter the desired MAC address aging time in this field (10 to 9999 seconds).

Static Forwarding Table

Figure 7-11. Static Forwarding Table window

MAC forwarding allows the Switch to permanently forward outbound traffic to specific destination MAC addresses over a specified port. You can also use this feature to restrict inbound traffic based on source MAC addresses.

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