TP-Link TL-SL2210WEB/TL-SL2218WEB Switch User Manual


 
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Gigabit Uplink Web Smart Switch
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The network module provides the function of setting the switch's IP address, dynamic
binding and aging time, configuring static MAC address and filtering MAC address,
displaying dynamic bound address and ping.
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An IP address is indispensable for a switch to be accessed. The TL-SL2210WEB/TL-
SL2218WEB/TL-SL2428WEB/TLSL2452WEB Gigabit Uplink Web Smart Switch provides
the configuration interface of IP address, netmask and default gateway.
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is dedicated for the DHCP client to obtain
IP configuration information from the DHCP server. Two types of information are
included in IP configuration information. One type is specific configuration information,
the other is IP address parameter. DHCP is based on client-server mode. The network
station that offers the IP configuration information is called DHCP server.
Make sure that a DHCP server is correctly connected to the network so as to activate
the DHCP client function of the switch firstly, then the switch will automatically obtain
IP address, netmask and default gateway from the DHCP server.
If more than one DHCP servers are available in the network, the switch will choose one
according to a specific algorithm.
Note: If no DHCP server is present in the network, the DHCP client fails to get IP
configuration information, the switch then restores the IP parameters to default in
several minutes to ensure a valid IP address being equipped.
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A dynamic MAC address table is maintained inside the switch. MAC address is the
physical address of a network device; it is six-bytes long and should be within in a
subnet. A network device can be identified by its MAC address.
A dynamic address table entry contains two items: MAC address and its corresponding
switch port. The dynamic address table is volatile. The dynamic address entry begins
to age once it has been added; it will be purged if it isn’t renewed in a specified length
of time, which is defined as aging time.
The aging time ranges from 0 to 3825 seconds for this switch family.
The default value is 300 seconds. Dynamic address table entry won’t age if 0 is set.
The aging time precision is 15 seconds.
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