SMC Networks SMC8606T manual Parameter Default Description

			WEB INTERFACE
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.
		The default and recommended range is:
		Standard Ethernet: 100(50~600)
		Fast Ethernet: 19 (10~60)
		Gigabit Ethernet:	4(3~10)

The full range is 0 - 65535.

Note: Path cost takes precedence over port priority.

FastForwarding DISABLED This parameter is used to enable/disabled the Fast Spanning Tree mode for the port. In this mode, ports skip the Blocked, Listening and Learning states and proceed straight to Forwarding.

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

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