AES-100 User’s Guide

Chapter 7

Bridge Commands

This chapter discusses the bridge subsystem. It allows you to configure and monitor the bridging, configure MAC filters, port-based VLANs and tagged frame functions of the AES-100.

The AES-100 supports IEEE 802.1D transparent bridging; but not the static filtering feature or spanning tree protocol. The bridge learns the source MAC addresses of sender hosts by inspecting incoming Ethernet frames and recording the learned MAC addresses with their incoming port numbers into its filtering database. Based on the database, the bridge forwards each incoming frame to its destination port.

7.1Bridge Port Numbers

The bridge subsystem of the AES-100 defines its own numbering convention for ports.

The bridge has a total of nine ports: bridge port 1 stands for the Ethernet port, bridge port 2 stands for

ADSL port 1, bridge port 3 stands for ADSL port 2, and so on.

Be sure you have clarified the relation between bridge ports and ADSL ports.

7.2Basic Commands

7.2.1Config Save Command

Syntax:

192.168.1.1 bridge> config save

This command saves the bridge configuration into nonvolatile memory. You must use this command to save any configurations that you make, otherwise the AES-100 will return to its default settings when it is restarted.

Do not turn off your AES-100 while saving your configuration.

7.2.2Device Command

Syntax:

192.168.1.1 bridge> device

This command shows information on all bridge ports.

7.2.3Status Command

Syntax:

192.168.1.1 bridge> status

This command displays the bridge status.

Bridge Commands

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