ProSoft Technology RLXIB-IHA-A - Manual (Page 44)

Radio Configuration / Diagnostic Utility RLXIB-IHA ♦ 802.11a
User Manual RadioLinx® 802.11a Industrial Hotspot
Page 44 of 123 ProSoft Technology, Inc.
July 25, 2013
Field Description
Age (s) The length of time (in seconds) since the radio last saw a packet from
this MAC address
Top Click the Top button to see the top of the table. The radio will display
updated data in the table entries.
Next / Prev If the table has more MAC addresses than it can display in the window,
use the Next and Prev buttons to move up and down through the table.
Refresh Click Refresh to update the table.
4.1.3 Port status
This configuration page opens when you click the Port Status button on the
Radio Configuration form.
When you click the Port Status button, you can see information about all the
active ports on the radio. Above the table, you can see information about the
current Spanning Tree (page 54), including the MAC address of the "root" device,
and the timing parameters that are set for the current Spanning Tree. Each radio
can have up to 34 active ports
—one Ethernet cable, one parent RF link, and up
to 32 child RF links.
The primary reason for creating a Spanning Tree is that it allows you to create
fully redundant paths. If any single radio in a redundant path loses its connection,
another path still exists, and the connection will be updated and communication
restored.