CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

 

 

 

Parameter

Default

Description

Spanning Tree

Enabled

Enable this parameter to participate in a STA

Protocol

 

compliant network.

Priority

32,768

Device priority is used in selecting the root device,

 

 

root port, and designated port. The device with the

 

 

highest priority becomes the STA root device.

 

 

However, if all devices have the same priority, the

 

 

device with the lowest MAC address will then

 

 

become the root device.

 

 

Enter a value from 0 - 65535.

 

 

Remember that the lower the numeric value, the

 

 

higher the priority.

Hello Time

2

Time interval (in seconds) at which the root device

 

 

transmits a configuration message.

 

 

The minimum value is 1.

 

 

The maximum value is

 

 

the lower of 10 or [(Max. Message Age / 2) -1].

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