3.6. Spanning Tree Protocol Port Configuration
Figure 3-24. Spanning Tree Protocol Port Configuration Menu
In this menu, you can assign spanning priority and path cost to any port. A port with higher priority and lower path cost is less likely to be blocked if Spanning Tree Protocol is detecting network loop.
x STP Port Priority - Range is 0 to 255. This parameter is used by STP to determine the port(s) to use for forwarding. The port with the lowest number has the highest priority. The default is 128.
x STP Port Path Cost - The range is 1 to 65,535. This assigns an individual port cost that the switch uses to determine which ports are the forwarding ports. The default is 19.
x STP Port Topology Change Detection - When enabled, the switch will send a
trap if the Trap Filter menu for the Bridge New Root Trap is also
3.7. Port-Based VLAN Configuration
Assigning physical ports within workgroups is simple, and is a common method of defining a virtual workgroup – VLAN. It delivers the benefit of broadcast control and simplifies configuration for the network manager. One advantage of the
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