NETGEAR 700 Series manual Advanced MAC

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

 

 

 

 

 

Table 5-1.

STP Port Setting Parameters

 

 

 

 

PARAMETERS

RANGE

DESCRIPTION

 

Prty (Priority)

 

0-255

STP uses this to determine which path (which port) to use for

 

 

 

 

forwarding. The port with the lowest number has the highest priority.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

1-65535

The switch uses this to determine which port is the forwarding port

 

 

 

 

when the priority is equal. All other factors equal, the path with the

 

 

 

 

lowest cost to the root bridge will be the active path. The estimated

 

 

 

 

path cost is the industry standard for the port speed. The default path

 

 

 

 

cost is the maximum speed for the port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fastlink

 

Enabled or

When a Fastlink enabled port running standard STP is

 

 

 

Disabled

connected, it will go through the STP negotiation (listening ->

 

 

 

 

learning -> forwarding or blocking) before it will be fully

 

 

 

 

available.

 

Fastlink in STP mode. If a client is trying to access a server through the switch running the STP negotiation, it will not be able to connect to it immediately. This can be a problem for some networks. Fastlink mode solves this problem by setting the port to direct forwarding mode, thus allowing any server access request to be forwarded. Fastlink mode can cause temporary loops in your network, but STP will find and eliminate them. Fastlink is best used on end node ports, i.e. ports connected to PCs or servers, and not on uplink ports to other switches.

Advanced> MAC

There are two advanced MAC setup configurations options:

Aging Time

Static Address

Web-Based Management Interface

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NETGEAR 700 Series manual Advanced MAC