D-Link DES-3225G Switch User Manual


 
24-port NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Switch Management Concepts
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trunk group which consists of the 2 ports of the Slot 1,
100BASE-TX or 100BASE-FX front-panel module. The
master port for the first group is preset as port 7, the
master port for the second group is port 15 and the master
port for the third group is the first port (1x) on the 2-port
module.
The switch treats all ports in a trunk group as a single port.
As such, trunk ports will not be blocked by Spanning Tree.
Data transmitted to a specific host (destination address)
will always be transmitted over the same port in a trunk
group. This allows packets in a data stream to arrive in the
same order they were sent. A trunk connection can be
made with any other switch that maintains host-to-host