LevelOne GSW-2600TXM User Manual

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broadcasting a BOOTP / DHCP request.

IGMP Snooping Enables or disables IGMP Snooping. The Advanced menu sets the

timeout for inactive multicast ports or for specific multicast flows
when there are no longer any clients. See chapter 3 “Configuring
IGMP Snooping”.

Note:

Once RIP and DVMRP have been enabled globally (chapter 2 “Protocol
Configuration”), you can enable or disable them for any specific subnet via the
Subnet Configuration menu (chapter 3 “Subnet Configuration”).

Setting the ARP Timeout
You can use the following configuration screen to modify the aging time for dynamically
learned entries in the ARP cache.

Parameter

Default

Description

ARP Timeout 20 minutes The time that dynamically learned entries are retained in

the ARP cache.
Range: 0-999 minutes, where 0 disables aging

Setting the RIP Advertisement Policy
You can use the following configuration screen to set the timing interval and policies RIP
uses to advertise route information.

Parameter

Default

Description

RIP Update
Time

30 seconds The interval at which RIP advertises known route

information.
Range: 0-999 seconds, where 0 disables route
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Disabled

Enables or disables advertising this switch as a default
router.

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