Planet Technology G.SHDSL.bis Bridge Router GRT-504 - Manual (Page 87)

GRT-504 4-Wire G.SHDSL.bis Firewall Router User’s Manual
Root Path Cost: The Cost of the Path to the Root from this Bridge, this is equal to the sum of the
values of the Designated Cost and Path Cost parameters held for the Root Port. When the Bridge
is the Root, this parameter is zero.
The ports parameters have:
Learning: This is when the modem creates a switching table that will map MAC addresses to port
number.
Listening: This is when the modem processes BPDU’s that allow it to determine the network
topology.
Forwarding: When a port receives or sends data. In other words, this is operating normally.
Disabled: This is when the network administrator has disabled the port.
Blocking: this means the port was blocked to stop a looping condition.
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