Linksys Etherfast User Manual

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EtherFast

Managed 24-Port with Dual Gigabit Switch

Note: This screen shots shows the Device Control Menu displayed by a Layer
2 switch.

• IGMP Snooping Configuration - Configures IGMP multicast filtering.

(Only displayed for Layer 2 mode. When the Switch is in multilayer mode,
IGMP Snooping Configuration is available through the IP Menu.)

Select OK to return to the previous panel.

EtherFast

Series

The Device Control Menu is used to control a broad range of functions,
including port mode, port mirroring, port trunking, Spanning Tree, VLANs,
IP subnets, multicast filtering, and routing protocols.

Note: This screen shots shows the Device Control Menu displayed by a mul-
tilayer switch.

• System Mode - Sets the Switch to operate as a Layer 2 switch or as a mul-

tilayer routing switch.

• Layer 2 Menu - Configures port communication mode, mirror ports, and

port trunking.

• Bridge Menu - Configures the Spanning Tree Protocol for the bridge or

for specific ports, GMRP and GVRP for automatic registration of multi-
cast and VLAN groups, traffic class priority threshold, and address aging
time.

• VLAN Menu - Configures VLAN settings for specific ports, and defines

the port membership for VLAN groups.

• IP Menu - Configures the subnets for each VLAN group, global configu-

ration for unicast and multicast routing protocols, and IGMP snooping.
(Only displayed for multilayer mode)

• Security Menu - Configures security settings here.

Device Control Menu