Planet GRT-101 User Manual page 74

G.SHDSL Bridge/Router
GRT-101/401/402 User's Manual
significant when the Bridge is the Root and is set to zero. It is the Port Identifier of the Port that
offers the lowest Cost Path to the Root
Root Path Cost: The Cost of the Path to the Root from this Bridge, this is equal to the sum of
the values of the Designated Cost and Path Cost parameters held for the Root Port. When the
Bridge is the Root, this parameter is zero.
The ports parameters have:
Learning: This is when the modem creates a switching table that will map MAC addresses to
port number.
Listening: This is when the modem processes BPDU's that allow it to determine the network
topology.
Forwarding: When a port receives or sends data. In other words, this is operating normally.
Disabled: This is when the network administrator has disabled the port.
Blocking: this means the port was
blocked to stop a looping condition.
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