Aging Of Learned Addresses - Hirschmann RS20 User Manual

Network Load Control
in the destination address field are sent to this port. The device enters
learned source addresses in its filter table
Addresses").
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 subnetworks to the device.
8.1.3

Aging of Learned 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.
Basic Configuration
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8.1 Direct Packet Distribution
(see on page 122 "Entering Static
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