EXP Computer S200 manual MAC Address Filtering, Parameter Action

Bridge Filtering

MAC Address Filtering

What Is It?This feature lets you filter bridge traffic based on MAC address.

The Bridge Link Table and the MAC Address Filter Table are used to configure

MAC Address filtering.

The Bridge Link Table specifies:

•Whether or not any filtering action is to be performed.

•The filtering action to perform when the MAC frame address is not found in the MAC Address Filter Table.

The Bridge Link Table contains these parameters, including the MAC Address Filtering Action parameter, which lets you specify the filtering actions to be applied at the bridge link. These parameters are located under the Configure Bridge Link menu selection:

•Entry Number

•Bridge ID

•Hop Count Limit

•Largest Frame Size

•MAC Address Filter Action

•Protocol Filter Action

•STPE Link State

•STPE Priority

•STPE Path Cost

MAC Address Filter Table Parameters

The MAC Address Filter Table specifies:

•The MAC Address of the frame to be filtered.

•The filtering action to perform on the frame.

This table is used in conjunction with the Bridge Link Table to specify filtering action and includes the link action parameters which allow you to apply filtering action to every link.

This table describes the MAC Address Filter Table parameters.

Parameter	Action
MAC Address	Frames that have MAC Addresses matching this MAC
	Address are filtered as specified by the parameters in this
	table.
Incoming Source	Perform filtering action on an inbound frame having the
Address Link Action	indicated MAC Source address.
Outgoing Source	Perform filtering action on an outbound frame having the
Address Link Action	indicated MAC Source address.
Incoming	Perform filtering action on an inbound frame for the
Destination Address	indicated MAC Destination address.
Link Action

58 Bridging