Enterasys Networks Fast Network 10 - Manual (Page 83)

Bridge Address Table Filters
Fast Network 10 User Guide Page 5-3
With the Bridge Address Table entry shown in Table 5-1, you can use any
of the following types of Bridge Address Table filtering:
• Source address
• Source address multicast
• Destination address
5.1.1 Source Address Filter
The source address filtering capability uses the source filter flag, which is
a component of each entry in the FN10
Bridge Address Table. When the
flag is set to ON, all packets originating from the designated MAC
address are filtered. This enables the FN10
to recognize — and ignore —
local traffic. Local traffic refers to data packets that only need to travel
within one network segment.
5.1.2 Source Address Multicast Filter
The source address multicast filtering capability uses the multicast source
filter flag in the FN10
Bridge Address Table.
When this flag is set to ON, all multicast packets originating from the
designated MAC address are filtered. This is useful for preventing
broadcast traffic from a particular station from being propagated to other
network segments.