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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 1 - 65535.
Note: Path cost takes precedence over port priority.
Fast Forward Enabled This enables/disables Fast Forwarding for the selected
port. In this mode, ports skip the Blocked, Listening and
Learning states and proceed straight to Forwarding. 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 that are
connected to an end-node device.
Parameter Default Description