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10/100 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Using the Console Interface
discarding unwanted addresses from the Forwarding Table; furthermore, you
can use it for explicit forwarding by speeding up the process of packet
forwarding.
Dynamic Filtering and Static Filtering are among the two important features
of the Custom Filtering Table. They are defined here briefly as follows.
Dynamic Filtering
is defined when a dynamic entry is created by the
Learning Process as a result of observation of network traffic in the Filtering
Database.
Static Filtering
is defined as static entries that may be added and
removed from the Filtering Database by the user. They are not
automatically removed by any timeout mechanism.
The
Source Address
heading displays a total of ten (10) addresses at a time;
while a total of 40 MAC addresses may be inputted for all of the ports. The
Source Port
heading displays the respective port you would like associate
with an inputted
Source Address
.
Occasionally you may want to manually add entries to the switch’s
forwarding table. To add an entry for a station,
1.
Choose Spanning Tree Algorithm Parameters from the main menu.
2.
Choose Custom Filtering Table.
Figure 6-19. Custom Filtering Table