Aging Of Learned Mac Addresses - Hirschmann RS20 User Manual

Network Load Control
The device can learn up to 8,000 addresses. This is necessary if more than
one terminal device is connected to one or more ports. It is thus possible to
connect several independent subnets to the device.
8.1.3

Aging of learned MAC addresses

The device monitors the age of the learned addresses. Address entries
which exceed a particular age - the aging time - are deleted by the device
from its address table.
Data packets with an unknown destination address are flooded by the
device.
Data packets with known destination addresses are selectively transmitted
by the device.
Note: A reboot deletes the learned address entries.
 Select the Switching:Global dialog.
 Enter the aging time for all dynamic entries in the range from 10 to
630 seconds (unit: 1 second; default setting: 30).
In connection with the router redundancy, select a time ≥ 30
seconds.
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