Asante Technologies 65120 - Manual (Page 32)

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4.6.2 Address Aging
Aging Time is a variable that must be configured. Its
purpose is to determine the length of time an entry is
held in the forwarding tables. The default value is set
at 300 seconds (5 minutes).
The Administrator may change this value to any value
between 10 and 1,000,000 seconds.
4.7 Spanning Tree
Spanning Tree can be enabled or disabled in this screen.
4.7.1 Bridge Settings
Enable: There are four other parameters to set when
Spanning Tree is enabled.
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Hello Time: Interval between configuration
messages sent by the spanning tree
algorithm
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Max Age: Amount of time before a
configuration message is discarded by the
system
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Forward Delay: Amount of time system
spends in “learning” and “listening” states
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Bridge Priority: Priority setting among other
switches in the spanning tree
Disable: Disable spanning tree algorithm on the system.
4.7.2 Port Settings
On this screen, you can specify spanning tree
parameters for each port. These parameters include
port priority and path cost.