Motorola PTP 400 Series User Manual page 83

Ethernet Configuration: This enables the Ethernet configuration to be forced rather than
auto negotiated. The configuration should only be forced if you are having problems with auto
negotiation. You must ensure that you configure both this unit and the Ethernet port to which
it is connected identically. If you force a fixed Ethernet Configuration on the PTP 400 Series
Bridge, then you MUST also force the same fixed configuration on the equipment to which it
is connected. If you fail to force the configuration of the connected equipment, its automatic
configuration mechanisms will normally cause a duplex mismatch, and you will receive greatly
reduced throughput!
Ethernet Auto Mdix: This enables/disables the Auto Medium Dependent Interface
(MDI)/Medium Dependent Interface Crossover (MDIX) capability.
Drop Ethernet Link On Wireless Link Down: When enabled, this causes the Ethernet link
to be dropped briefly when the Wireless link drops. This is so that spanning tree algorithms
can quickly detect that there is a problem
Local Packet Filtering: When Local Packet Filtering is Enabled, the bridge learns the source
MAC addresses of devices transmitting Ethernet packets on the local Ethernet network, and
only bridges packets to the remote unit if the destination MAC address has not been learned
as a 'local' device. When Local Packet Filtering is Disabled the bridge does not learn the
source MAC addresses of devices transmitting Ethernet packets on the local Ethernet
network, and bridges ALL Ethernet packets received to the remote unit. Local Packet Filtering
should be enabled when no external switching/routing hardware is present.
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