Main Menu> Set-Up; Figure 6-7: Port Configuration - NETGEAR GSM712 Installation Manual

Main Menu> Set-Up
There are two sub-menus at Set-Up menu, Port Configuration and IP Configuration.
Main Menu> Set-Up> Port Configuration
On this page, you can set up the port characteristics related to link operations (see Figure 6-7). All of the parameters on this page are toggle
settings. To change, or toggle, between options, hit Ctrl-M to move the curser to the ports field and simply strike the space bar when the
appropriate option is highlighted.
Name
Allows you to name the port or make notes.
Link
Indicates the state of the connection. Values in this field cannot be toggled.
On/Off
Allows you to Enable or Disable the port.
State
The State field displays the Spanning Tree State of the port (Blocking, Listening, Learning, Forwarding, or Disabled). You can only observe the
status of the ports; you cannot modify this field. The Spanning Tree Protocol controls this field.
Rate/Duplex
Offers the choice of Full-duplex, Half-duplex, or Auto negotiation. Enabling auto-negotiation on a port allows a port to sense the communication
speed and negotiate the duplex mode (full duplex or half duplex) automatically. The ports will select the highest possible throughput. The port can
auto-negotiate with any port that is compliant with IEEE 802.3u. If the other port is not IEEE802.3u compliant, the port will default to half-duplex, 10
Mbps mode. Users can operate the communication speed and duplex mode manually.
Flow Control
Allows you to enable or disable Flow Control. Flow control is a protocol that prevents packets from being dropped by reducing the amount of traffic
to a level that can be accommodated. If enabled on both ends of a connection, it will prevent the sender from sending data until the receiver can
accept it. This switch complies with the IEEE802.3x flow control standard.
Note: GBIC ports do not support Auto Negotiation. You must manually configure the GBIC port. The default values are 1000Mbps, full duplex.

Figure 6-7: Port Configuration

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