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24-port NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Using the Console Interface
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more chance the bridge has of becoming the root
port. Zero is the highest priority.
Configure Filtering and Forwarding Table
When a packet hits the Switch, it looks in the filtering and
forwarding table to decide what to do with the packet;
either to filter it off the network, or to forward it through
the port on which its destination lies.
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 Configure Filtering and Forwarding table screen
allows you to allows you to stop or start address learning,
change the way the Switch treats MAC address table
entries, and select an age-out time of the MAC address in
the selected address table. This screen also permits you to
access three additional configuration screens from the
menu at the bottom of the window.
Choose Configure Filtering and Forwarding Table from
the Configuration menu to access the following screen: