Chapter 7 Basic Setting

7.7 Port Setup

Use this screen to configure Switch port settings. Click Basic Setting > Port Setup in the navigation panel to display the configuration screen.

Figure 29 Basic Setting > Port Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 12 Basic Setting > Port Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Port

This is the port index number.

 

 

*

Settings in this row apply to all ports.

 

Use this row only if you want to make some settings the same for all ports. Use this

 

row first to set the common settings and then make adjustments on a port-by-port

 

basis.

 

Note: Changes in this row are copied to all the ports as soon as you

 

make them.

 

 

Active

Select this check box to enable a port. The factory default for all ports is enabled. A

 

port must be enabled for data transmission to occur.

 

 

Name

Enter a descriptive name that identifies this port. You can enter up to 64 alpha-

 

numerical characters.

 

Note: Due to space limitation, the port name may be truncated in

 

some web configurator screens.

 

 

Type

This field displays 10/100M for an Ethernet/Fast Ethernet connection and 10/100/

 

1000M for Gigabit connections.

 

 

Speed/Duplex

Select the speed and the duplex mode of the Ethernet connection on this port.

 

Choices are Auto, 10M/Half Duplex, 10M/Full Duplex, 100M/Half Duplex, 100M/

 

Full Duplex and 1000M/Full Duplex (for Gigabit ports only).

 

Selecting Auto (auto-negotiation) allows one port to negotiate with a peer port

 

automatically to obtain the connection speed and duplex mode that both ends

 

support. When auto-negotiation is turned on, a port on the Switch negotiates with the

 

peer automatically to determine the connection speed and duplex mode. If the peer

 

port does not support auto-negotiation or turns off this feature, the Switch determines

 

the connection speed by detecting the signal on the cable and using half duplex

 

mode. When the Switch’s auto-negotiation is turned off, a port uses the pre-

 

configured speed and duplex mode when making a connection, thus requiring you to

 

make sure that the settings of the peer port are the same in order to connect.

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