NETGEAR 700 Series Switch User Manual


 
700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1
4-22 Administration Console Telnet Interface
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Figure 4-30: PVID Settings
This screen allows you to specify the PVID for each port. The number next to each port indicates
which PVID is set for each port. Following industry standards, PVID 1 is the default PVID.
Main Menu> Advanced> Spanning Tree
This switch is compliant with IEEE802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).
Figure 4-31: Spanning Tree
STP ensures that only one path at a time is active between any two network nodes. There may be
more than one physical path between any two nodes, forming a loop, either created for redundancy
or by accident. STP ensures only one physical path is active and the others are blocked. If a loop is
created for redundancy, STP will monitor the two paths and activate the stand-by path if the
primary path fails. If a loop was created inadvertently, STP will disable one of the two paths. A
loop in a network can disable your network by causing a “Broadcast storm”, the result of a
broadcast message traveling through the loop again and again.
Main Menu> Advanced> Spanning Tree> Bridge Settings
Spanning Tree can be enabled or disabled in this screen.