Device Control Menu - Linksys Etherfast User Manual

Device Control Menu

The Device Control Menu is used to control a broad range of functions,
including port mode, port mirroring, port trunking, Spanning Tree, VLANs,
IP subnets, multicast filtering, and routing protocols.
Note: This screen shots shows the Device Control Menu displayed by a mul-
tilayer switch.
• System Mode - Sets the Switch to operate as a Layer 2 switch or as a mul-
tilayer routing switch.
• Layer 2 Menu - Configures port communication mode, mirror ports, and
port trunking.
• Bridge Menu - Configures the Spanning Tree Protocol for the bridge or
for specific ports, GMRP and GVRP for automatic registration of multi-
cast and VLAN groups, traffic class priority threshold, and address aging
time.
• VLAN Menu - Configures VLAN settings for specific ports, and defines
the port membership for VLAN groups.
• IP Menu - Configures the subnets for each VLAN group, global configu-
ration for unicast and multicast routing protocols, and IGMP snooping.
(Only displayed for multilayer mode)
• Security Menu - Configures security settings here.
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Note: This screen shots shows the Device Control Menu displayed by a Layer
2 switch.
• IGMP Snooping Configuration - Configures IGMP multicast filtering.
(Only displayed for Layer 2 mode. When the Switch is in multilayer mode,
IGMP Snooping Configuration is available through the IP Menu.)
Select OK to return to the previous panel.
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