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4 configuring port roles – ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyWALL 5 User Manual

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ZyWALL 5 User’s Guide

Chapter 5 Bridge Screens

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5.4 Configuring Port Roles

Click BRIDGE, then Port Roles to configure a LAN/DMZ port as a LAN or DMZ port.

To configure a LAN/DMZ port as a LAN or DMZ port, select its radio button next to LAN or
DMZ and click Apply. Otherwise, click Reset to restore the previous configuration. The radio
buttons correspond to Ethernet ports on the front panel of the ZyWALL. By default, ports 1 to
4 are all LAN ports.

Rapid Spanning Tree

Protocol Setup

Enable Rapid Spanning

Tree Protocol

Select the check box to activate RSTP on the ZyWALL.

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. Port types are: WAN, LAN, WLAN and DMZ.

RSTP Active

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

RSTP Priority

0(Highest)~240(Lowest)

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

port. 0 is the highest.

RSTP Path Cost

1(Lowest)~65535(Highes

t)

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

corresponding port. 65535 is the highest.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

Table 22 Bridge (continued)

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