In this screen 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 is also
Port Statistics
Figure 4-19. Port Statistics Menu
You can view the statistics information display in this screen regarding a certain port by entering the port number in the Port ID field. You can also refresh or reset the counter as you wish.
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