Changing the aging time – Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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Chapter 29: MAC Address Table

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Section IV: Port Security

Changing the Aging Time

The switch uses the aging time to delete inactive dynamic MAC addresses
from the MAC address table. When the switch detects that no packets
have been sent to or received from a particular MAC address in the table
after the period specified by the aging time, the switch deletes the
address. This prevents the table from becoming full of addresses of nodes
that are no longer active.

The default setting for the aging time is 300 seconds (5 minutes).

To adjust the aging time, perform the following procedure:

1. From the Main Menu, type 4 to select MAC Address Tables.

The MAC Address Tables menu is shown in Figure 244 on page 674.

2. From the MAC Address Tables menu, type 1 to select MAC Address

Aging Time.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter MAC address aging time -> [8 to 512]

3. Enter a new value in seconds.

The range is 8 to 512 seconds. The default is 300 seconds (5
minutes).

The new value is immediately activated on the switch.

4. After making changes, type R until you return to the Main Menu. Then

type S to select Save Configuration Changes.

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