Parameter | Default | Description |
Max | 20 | The maximum time (in seconds) a device can wait |
(Message) Age |
| without receiving a configuration message before |
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| attempting to reconfigure. All device ports (except for |
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| designated ports) should receive configuration |
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| messages at regular intervals. Any port that ages out |
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| STA information (provided in the last configuration |
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| message) becomes the designated port for the attached |
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| LAN. If it is a root port, a new root port is selected |
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| from among the device ports attached to the network. |
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| The minimum value is the higher of |
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| 6 or [2 x (Hello Time + 1)]. |
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| The maximum value is the lower of |
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| 40 or [2 x (Forward Delay - 1)]. |
Forward | 15 | The maximum time (in seconds) the root device will |
Delay |
| wait before changing states (i.e., listening to learning to |
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| forwarding). This delay is required because every |
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| device must receive information about topology |
changes before it starts to forward frames. In addition, each port needs time to listen for conflicting information that would make it return to a blocking state; otherwise, temporary data loops might result.
Maximum value is 30.
Minimum value is the higher of
4 or [(Max. Message Age / 2) + 1].
