Airlink101 APO1010 - Manual (Page 153)

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6.5.4 Extra Information
Users could pull out information such as Route table, ARP table, MAC table, Bridge table or STP available in the drop-down
list from system. The “Refresh” button is used to retrieve latest table information.
„ Route table information : Select “Route table information” on the drop-down list to display route table.
APO1000/APO1010 could be used as a L2 or L3 device. It doesn’t support dynamic routing protocols such as RIP or
OSPF. Static routes to specific hosts, networks or default gateway are set up automatically according to the IP
configuration of system's interfaces. When used as a L2 device, it could switch packets and, as L3 device, it’s capable of
being a gateway to route packets inward and outward.
„ ARP table Information : Select “ARP Table Information” on the drop-down list to display ARP table.
ARP associates each IP address to a unique hardware address (MAC) of a device. It is important to have a unique IP
address as final destination to switch packets to.
„ Bridge table information : Select “Bridge Table information” on the drop-down list to display bridge table.
Bridge table will show Bridge ID and STP's Status on the each Ethernet bridge and its attached interfaces, the Bridge
Port should be attached to some interfaces (e.g. eth0, ath0 and ath8).
„ Bridge MAC information : Select “Bridge MACs Information” on the drop-down list to display MAC table.
This table displays local MAC addresses associated with wired or wireless interfaces, but also remember non-local MAC
addresses learned from wired or wireless interfaces.