3Com 3CRDSF9PWR-US - OfficeConnect Managed Fast Ethernet PoE Switch User Manual page 157

reconfigure when the interface changes state, and also overcomes
other STA-related timeout problems.
State — Displays the current STA state of a port. If enabled, the port
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state determines what action is taken on traffic. Possible port states
are:
Learning — Indicates that the port is in Learning mode. The port
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cannot forward traffic, however it can learn new MAC addresses.
Forwarding — Indicates that the port is in Forwarding mode. The
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port can forward traffic and learn new MAC addresses.
Discarding — Indicates that the port is in Discarding mode. The
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port is listening to BPDUs, and discards any other frames it receives.
Link Type — Indicates the established link type. The possible field
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values are:
Auto — Automatically derived from the duplex mode setting. Ports
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set to full duplex mode are considered Point-to-Point port links,
while ports set to half-duplex mode are assumed to be on a shared
link.
Point to Point
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established on the port.
Shared — Indicates that a shared link is currently established on
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the port.
Port Priority — Indicates the priority value of the port. The priority
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influences the port choice when a bridge has two ports connected in a
loop. If the path cost for all ports on a switch is the same, the port
with the highest priority will be configured as an active link in the
Spanning Tree. This makes a port with higher priority less likely to be
blocked if the Spanning Tree Algorithm is detecting network loops.
— Indicates that a point-to-point link is currently
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