Planet Technology Planet Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Stackable/Routing Switch WGSW-2402A - Manual (Page 122)

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6. Type a decimal number for the hello time and press Enter. The decimal value you typed appears
next to Hello Time.
7. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Max Age and press Enter. The Enter Max Age screen appears.
This is the maximum time (in seconds) a device can wait without receiving a configuration message
before attempting to reconfigure. All device ports (except for designated ports) should receive
configuration messages at regular intervals. Any port that ages out STA information (provided in
the last configuration message) becomes the designated port for the attached LAN. If it is a root
port, a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to the network. Default is 20.
The minimum value is the higher of 6 or [2 x (Hello Time + 1)]. The maximum value is the lower of
40 or [2 x (Forward Delay - 1)].