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FS728TP Smart Switch Software User Manual
5-77 Configuring the Device Using Your Browser
v2.0, November 2006
Defining the Forwarding Address Tables
Packets that are addressed to destinations stored in either the Static or Dynamic databases are
immediately forwarded to the appropriate port. The Dynamic MAC Address Table can be sorted
by interface, VLAN, or MAC Address. Whereas MAC addresses are dynamically learned as
packets from sources that arrive at the device, static addresses are configured manually.
An address becomes associated with a port by learning the port from the frame’s source address
but if a frame that is addressed to a destination MAC address is not associated with a port, that
frame is flooded to all relevant VLAN ports. To prevent the bridging table from overflowing, a
dynamic MAC address, from which no traffic arrives for a set period, is erased.
This section includes the following topics:
• Configuring Static Addresses
• Defining Dynamic Addresses