802.1W Rapid Spanning Tree - D-Link DES-3326SR User Manual

DES-3326SR Layer 3 Fast Ethernet Switch User's Guide
• MAC address filtering – the manual entry of specific MAC
addresses to be filtered from the network. Packets sent
from one manually entered MAC address can be filtered
from the network. The entry may be specified as either a
source, a destination, or both.
• IP address filtering – the manual entry of specific IP
addresses to be filtered from the network (switch must be
in IP Routing mode).
entered IP address to another can be filtered from the
network. The entry may specified as either a source, a
destination, or both (switch must be in IP Routing mode).

802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree

The Switch implements two versions of the Spanning Tree
Protocol, the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) as defined
by the IEE 802.1w specification and a version compatible with
the IEEE 802.1d STP. RSTP can operate with legacy equipment
implementing IEEE 802.1d, however the advantages of using
RSTP will be lost.
The IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) evolved
from the 802.1d STP standard. RSTP was developed in order to
overcome some limitations of STP that impede the function of
some recent switching innovations, in particular, certain Layer
3 function that are increasingly handled by Ethernet switches.
Packets sent from one manually
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