Static Forwarding Table; Figure 7-11. Static Forwarding Table Window - D-Link DES-3624 Series User Manual

♦ Lock Address Table(Stop Learning)
security purposes, when the forwarding table is locked the
Switch will no longer learn the MAC addresses for new
hosts. If your network configuration doesn't change, locking
the forwarding table helps keep intruders off your network
since any packet coming from an unknown source address
will be dropped by the Switch.
♦ Address Look-up Mode Select from: Level 0, Level 1, Level
2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 6, or Level 7.
♦ MAC Address Age-out Time (sec.) Enter the desired MAC
address aging time in this field (10 to 9999 seconds).

Static Forwarding Table

Figure 7-11. Static Forwarding Table window

MAC forwarding allows the Switch to permanently forward
outbound traffic to specific destination MAC addresses over a
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