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Port settings – D-Link DES-3225G User Manual

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24-port NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide

Web-Based Network Management

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Port Settings

Figure 7-2. Port Settings window

Select the port you want to configure by clicking on the port in the Switch front panel display at the top of the window.

Follow these steps:

1.

Enable or disable the port. If you choose Disabled, devices connected to that port cannot use the Switch, and the

Switch purges their addresses from its address table after the MAC address aging time elapses. The Switch

won't purge addresses if you define them as permanent entries in the MAC Forwarding Table.

2.

Configure the Speed/Duplex setting for the port. Select Auto-Negotiate to allow the port to select the best

transmission speed, duplex mode and flow control settings based on the capabilities of the device at the other

end. The other selections allow you to force the port to operate in the specified manner. Select 100Mbps/Full for

port operation at 100 Mbps and full duplex. Select 100Mbps/Half for port operation at 100 Mbps and half

duplex. Select 10Mbps/Full for port operation at 10 Mbps and full duplex. Select 10Mbps/Half for port

operation at 10 Mbps and half duplex.

3.

Configure the Flow Control setting for the port. Selecting Enabled in full-duplex mode will implement IEEE

802.3x flow control. Selecting Enabled when the port is in half-duplex mode will implement normal Ethernet

collision-based backpressure flow control. Select Disabled for no flow control. Also, if the port is set for Auto

(NWay) in the speed/duplex field above and flow control is enabled, flow control (whether full- or half-duplex) will

only be implemented if the other device can auto-negotiate flow control. Note that you must reboot the Switch

before a flow control change can take effect.