Total mac stations, Total mac stations -121 – Finisar Surveyor User Manual

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Expert Features

MAC Layer

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Total MAC Stations

Counter

Total MAC Stations is a counter of all the MAC stations over a period of time per
segment. A count of all MAC stations displays in the

Overview

counters of Expert

View. A threshold for this counter can be set in Expert Alarms. The MAC station
counter helps detect excessive MAC stations (nodes) on a LAN segment. This helps
indicate possible intruder stations as well as help the network manager limit and
control the number of stations allowed on a segment.

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