6 spanning tree – Asante Technologies 65120 User Manual

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Remove an existing entry:

Highlight that entry in the table, by clicking on the MAC address

Choose Remove

3.5.2 Address Aging


Aging Time is a variable that must be configured. Its purpose is to determine the amount of time an entry is
held in the forwarding tables.


The default value is set to 300 seconds (5 minutes).

The administrator may change this value to any value between 10 and 1,000,000 seconds

After changing the value, click Apply

3.6 Spanning Tree


Spanning Tree can be enabled or disabled in this screen (it is enabled by default).

3.6.1 Bridge Settings


Enable: There are four other tunable parameters to be addressed.

Hello Time: Interval between configuration messages sent by the spanning tree algorithm

Max Age: Amount of time before a configuration message is discarded by the system

Forward Delay: Amount of time system spends in “learning” and “listening” states

Bridge Priority: Priority setting among other switches in the spanning tree


Disable: Disable spanning tree algorithm on the system.

Click Apply after setting your parameters.

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