NETGEAR 700 Series manual Main Menu Advanced Spanning Tree

700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1

Figure 4-30: PVID Settings

This screen allows you to specify the PVID for each port. The number next to each port indicates which PVID is set for each port. Following industry standards, PVID 1 is the default PVID.

Main Menu> Advanced> Spanning Tree

This switch is compliant with IEEE802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).

Figure 4-31: Spanning Tree

STP ensures that only one path at a time is active between any two network nodes. There may be more than one physical path between any two nodes, forming a loop, either created for redundancy or by accident. STP ensures only one physical path is active and the others are blocked. If a loop is created for redundancy, STP will monitor the two paths and activate the stand-by path if the primary path fails. If a loop was created inadvertently, STP will disable one of the two paths. A loop in a network can disable your network by causing a “Broadcast storm”, the result of a broadcast message traveling through the loop again and again.

Main Menu> Advanced> Spanning Tree> Bridge Settings

Spanning Tree can be enabled or disabled in this screen.

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