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WAN Logical View Window Fields.....................................................................3-6
Changing WAN Logical Settings.........................................................................3-6
Chapter 4 Bridging
Bridging Basics .............................................................................................................. 4-1
About Transparent Bridging.................................................................................4-2
About Source Route Bridging .............................................................................. 4-2
About Source Route-Transparent Bridges..........................................................4-4
About Source Route-Translational Bridges ........................................................4-4
Viewing and Managing Bridging Interfaces ............................................................. 4-6
The Bridge Status Window ..........................................................................................4-8
Bridge Status Window Information Fields.........................................................4-8
Accessing Other Options from the Bridge Status Window ...........................4-10
Enabling and Disabling Bridging .............................................................................4-14
Enabling and Disabling Individual Interfaces.................................................4-14
Enabling and Disabling All Installed Interfaces..............................................4-15
Bridge Statistics ...........................................................................................................4-15
Performance Graphs............................................................................................4-15
Bridge Performance Graph Window Fields..............................................4-17
ConÞguring the Bridge Performance Graphs...........................................4-18
The Bridge Detail Breakdown Window.....................................................4-18
The Bridge Port Detail Breakdown Window ............................................4-20
The Interface Statistics Window.........................................................................4-21
Statistics Window Fields..............................................................................4-22
The CSMACD Statistics Window ......................................................................4-23
Receive Errors................................................................................................4-24
Transmission Errors......................................................................................4-25
Collision Errors ............................................................................................. 4-26
The PPP Link Statistics Window........................................................................4-26
Errors ..............................................................................................................4-27
Statistics..........................................................................................................4-28
The Dot5 Errors Statistics Window....................................................................4-29
Source Route Statistics.........................................................................................4-32
Bridge Source Routing Window Fields...................................................... 4-33
Received Frames ...........................................................................................4-33
Transmitted Frames......................................................................................4-34
Discards..........................................................................................................4-34
Bridge Spanning Tree..................................................................................................4-35
ConÞguring the Bridge Spanning Tree Window.............................................4-36
Bridge Level Fields ..............................................................................................4-36
Bridge Port Level Fields......................................................................................4-38
Changing Bridge Spanning Tree Parameters...................................................4-40
Changing Bridge Priority ............................................................................4-40
Changing the Spanning Tree Algorithm Protocol Type ..........................4-40
Changing Hello Time ...................................................................................4-41
Changing Max Age Time.............................................................................4-41
Changing Forwarding Delay Time.............................................................4-41
Changing Port Priority.................................................................................4-42