Asante Technologies 1012 - Manual (Page 83)

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Configuration Menu System
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Enter control-u to erase the field, enter the new value, and
press return .
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Enter control-z to return to the Bridge Parameters Menu.
Bridge Forwarding Table
About Forwarding
Forwarding is the process of passing packets from one bridge port
to the other. To do this, the bridge must know what devices are on
each of the segments its ports are connected to. The bridge main-
tains this device location data in its forwarding table.
The AsantéBridge 1012 acquires forwarding table data in two
ways:
❏ Device segment locations can be manually loaded into
the table, using either the VT100 local management port
or AsantéView 2.2.
❏ Device locations can be dynamically learned by the
bridge as part of normal bridge operations.
Figure 3-17 Bridge Forwarding Table
The Bridge Forwarding Table can hold as many as 4096 Ethernet
addresses, with an individual configuration associated with each
address.
The table provides several tools for working with forwarding
addresses:
Table Functions
Use Left/Right Arrow Keys to
select Table Data Fields
Use Up/Down Arrow Keys to
select