Chapter 7: Port Management; Setup - Planet CS-5800 User Manual

Chapter 7: Port Management

This chapter introduces how to configure ports and understand how to configure intranet IP addresses.

7.1 Setup

Through the device, users can easily manage the setup for WAN ports, LAN ports and the DMZ port by
choosing the number of ports, speed, priority, and duplex and enable/disable the auto-negotiation feature for
connection setting of each port.
Item
Disabled
Priority
Speed
Duplex Status
Auto Neg.
Description
This feature allows users turn on/off the Ethernet port. If selected, the Ethernet
port will be shut down immediately and no connection can be made. The
default value is "on".
This feature allows users to set the high/low priority of the packet delivery for
the Ethernet port. If it is set as High, the port has the first priority to deliver the
packet. The default value is "Normal".
This feature allows users to select the network hardware connection speed for
the Ethernet port. The options are 10Mbps and 100Mbps.
This feature allows users to select the network hardware connection speed
working mode for the Ethernet. The options are full duplex and half duplex.
The Auto-Negotiation mode can enable each port to automatically adjust and
gather the connection speed and duplex mode. Therefore, if Enabled
Auto-Neg. selected, the ports setup will be done without any manual setting by
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