ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide

 

Table 28 Bridge (continued)

 

 

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

Rapid Spanning Tree

 

 

Protocol Setup

 

 

Enable Rapid Spanning

Select the check box to activate RSTP on the ZyWALL.

 

Tree Protocol

 

 

Bridge Priority

Enter a number between 0 and 61440 as bridge priority of the ZyWALL. 0 is

 

 

the highest.

 

Bridge Hello Time

Enter an interval (between 1 and 10) in seconds that the root bridge

 

 

waits before sending a hello packet.

 

Bridge Max Age

Enter an interval (between 6 and 40) in seconds that a bridge waits to

 

 

get a Hello BPDU from the root bridge.

 

Forward Delay

Enter the length of time (between 4 and 30) in seconds that a bridge

 

 

remains in the listening and learning port states. The default is 15 seconds.

 

Bridge Port

This is the bridge port type.

 

 

 

 

RSTP Active

Select the check box to enable RSTP on the corresponding port.

 

 

 

 

RSTP Priority

Enter a number between 0 and 240 as RSTP priority for the corresponding

 

0(Highest)~240(Lowest)

port. 0 is the highest.

 

RSTP Path Cost

Enter a number between 1 and 65535 as RSTP path cost for the

 

1(Lowest)~65535(Highes

corresponding port. 65535 is the highest.

 

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Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

 

 

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

6.4 Bridge Port Roles

Use the Port Roles screen to set ports as LAN, DMZ or WLAN interfaces. The LAN port role is not available on all models.

Connect wireless LAN Access Points (APs) to WLAN interfaces to extend the ZyWALL’s wireless LAN coverage. The WLAN port role allows the ZyWALL’s firewall to treat traffic from connected APs as part of the ZyWALL’s WLAN. You can specify firewall rules for traffic going to or from the WLAN. The WLAN includes the ZyWALL’s own WLAN and the Ethernet ports in the WLAN port role.

The following figure shows the ZyWALL with a wireless card installed and an AP connected to an Ethernet port in the WLAN port role.

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