Interface Naming Convention - NETGEAR FS728TPv2 Software Administration Manual

Interface Naming Convention

The FS728TP Smart Switch supports physical and logical interfaces. Interfaces are identified
by their type and the interface number. Physical ports 1–24 are Fast Ethernet interfaces, and
physical ports 25–28 are gigabit interfaces. The number of the port is identified on the front
panel. You configure the logical interfaces by using the software. The following table
describes the naming convention for all interfaces available on the switch.
Interface
Physical
Link Aggregation Group (LAG) LAG interfaces are logical interfaces that are only
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Description
The physical ports include Fast Ethernet and Gigabit
Ethernet interfaces and are numbered sequentially
starting from one.
used for bridging functions.
This is the internal switch interface responsible for the
switch base MAC address. This interface is not
configurable and is always listed in the MAC Address
Table.
Example
e1, e2, e3
g1, g2, g3
l1, l2, l3
LAG1, LAG2
c1