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Parameter Description
Priority
You can change the priority value used to identify the root bridge. The
bridge with the lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the
root. Enter a number 1 through 65535.
Max Age
You can change the Max Age value, the number of seconds a bridge
waits without receiving Spanning Tree Protocol configuration messages
before attempting a reconfiguration. Enter a number 6 through 40.
Hello Time You can change the Hello time value, the number of seconds between
the transmission of Spanning Tree Protocol configuration messages.
Enter a number 1 through 10.
Forward
Delay time
You can change the forward delay time, the number of seconds a port
waits before changing from its Spanning Tree Protocol learning and
listening states to the forwarding state. Enter a number 4 through 30.
Note: Only users familiar with the operation of Spanning Tree Protocol should change
these values.
4. The following parameters can be configured on each port.
Click the Apply button to have the changes take effect.
Parameter Description
Port
Priority
You can make a port more or less likely to become the root port, by
adjusting the priority setting. The rage is 0-255, with the default
setting is 128.
The lower the number the higher priority the port is given, making it
more likely to be the root port. If you change the value, you must
reboot the switch.
Path Cost
Specifies the path cost of the port that the switch uses to determine
which ports are the forwarding ports.
The port with the lowest path cost becomes the forwarding port. The
rage is 1-65535 and default value base on IEEE802.1D
10Mb/s = 50-600 100Mb/s = 10-60
If you change the value, you MUST reboot the switch.
Note: Only users familiar with the operation of Spanning Tree Protocol should change
these values.