Lindy 25030 user manual Port Sniffer Port Mirroring

Parameter	Description
Priority	A value used to identify the root bridge. The bridge with lowest
	value has the highest priority and is selected as the root. Enter
	a number from 1 through to 65535.
Max Age	The number of seconds the bridge waits without receiving any
	Spanning-Tree Protocol configuration messages before
	attempting a reconfiguration. Enter a number from 6 through to
	40.
Hello Time	The number of seconds between the transmission of
	Spanning-Tree Protocol configuration messages. Enter a
	number from 1 through to 10.
Forward	The number of seconds a port waits before changing from its
Delay time	Spanning-Tree Protocol learning and listening states to the
	forwarding state. Enter a number from 4 through to 30.

4.You can set new values for STP parameters.

Parameter	Description
Port Priority	Defines if this port is more or less likely to become the root port.
	The range is from 0 to 255, the default setting is 128
	The lower number has the highest priority.
Path Cost	Specifies the path cost of the port. The switch uses this parameter
	to help determine which port will become a forwarding port.
	Lower numbers will be used as forwarding ports first.
	The range is from 1 to 65535. The default values based on
	IEEE802.1D are: 10Mb/s = 50-600, 100Mb/s = 10-60, 1000Mb/s =
	3-10

2.4.9 Port Sniffer (Port Mirroring)

The Port Sniffer is used to monitor traffic in a switched network. Traffic passed through ports can be monitored by one specific port. i.e. Traffic inbound or outbound on a monitored port will be duplicated into the configured sniffer port.

1.Sniffer Mode: Selects sniffer mode: Disable/Rx/Tx/Both.

2.Analysis Port: Use this option to select the destination port for monitored traffic. This is the port that your network analyser would be connected to.

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