Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 140)

Chapter 7: MAC Address Table
140 Section I: Basic Features
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nodes that are no longer active.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 35 on page 132.
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.