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Ethernet Switch User Manual
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Item Description
Priority
The root port is set by configuring this value with a range from 0 to
255, the default is 128. The smaller value, the higher priority. To
change this value, the switch must be reset.
Path cost
This shows the cost of a specified port. The switch identity and which
port is used as a forwarding port is set according to this value. The
port with the smallest value acts as the forwarding port, the range is
from 1 to 65535. The defaults values are 10Mb/s = 50-600; 100Mb/s
= 10-60；1000Mb/s = 3-10. To change this value, the switch must be
reset.
Table 5-6 STP Port Parameters
12. Analysis Port
A port sniffer is a method used to monitor network traffic. The port traffic can be
monitored by a designated port. All traffic received or transmitted will be copied to the
mirror port.
Each item is described as follows:
Item Descriptions
Roving analyzer Enable or disable the sniffer feature.
Analyzer port
The port used to view all communications of all monitored ports. The user can
connect the sniffer port to a LAN analyzer or netxray.
Monitored port
The monitored ports. All traffic from these ports will be copied onto the sniffer
port. To disable this feature, the user must select “no monitored port”.
Monitor Rx The receiving frames of the monitored port.
Monitor Tx The transmitting frames of the monitored port.
Table 5-7 Port Sniffer
Fig 5-22 Analysis Port