SMC Networks SMC6924VF manual 2-36, Parameter, Default, Description

USING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROGRAM

Parameter	Default	Description
(Path) Cost	100/19/4	This parameter is used by the STA algorithm to
		determine the best path between devices.
		Therefore, lower values should be assigned to
		ports attached to faster media, and higher values
		assigned to ports with slower media.
		(Path cost takes precedence over port priority.)
		The default and recommended range is:
		Ethernet: 100 (50~600)
		Fast Ethernet: 19 (10~60)
		Gigabit Ethernet: 4 (3~10)
		The full range is 1 - 65535.
Fast	Enabled	This parameter is used to enable/disabled the
Forwarding		Fast Spanning Tree mode for the selected port.
		In this mode, ports skip the Blocked, Listening
		and Learning states and proceed straight to
		Forwarding.

Note: Fast Forwarding enables end-node workstations and servers to overcome time-out problems when the Spanning Tree Algorithm is implemented in a network. Therefore, Fast Forwarding should only be enabled for ports connected to an end-node device.

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