Asante Technologies 1012 User Manual

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Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management

Spanning Tree Port Setting Menu

Figure 3-16 Spanning Tree Port Setting Menu

The Spanning Tree Port Setting menu has the following fields:

Ext/Hub Port:

enables or disables the external port or

the hub side port linking one network segment to the
bridge.

Ext/Hub Port Priority:

assigns a priority value to the port

(external or hub side); used in determining the port
state.

Ext/Hub Port Path Cost:

the cost value to be used in

determining the path to the root bridge.

Ext/Hub Port State:

the current state of the port (for-

warding, listening, learning, and blocked).

1

Use the

Up/Down arrow keys

to select the field you want

to modify.

2

The

Ext/Hub Port

fields are toggles; press the

spacebar

to

alternate between enabled and disabled. The AsantéBridge
1012 requires that you confirm changing the field.

3

All other fields are data entry. Select the field and press

return

to open the data entry bar at the bottom of the win-

dow.

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