Siemens SCALANCE W780 Configuration Manual page 262

Configuring with Web Based Management
5.7 "Layer 2" menu
● State
Displays the current status of the port. The values are only displayed and cannot be
configured. The following is possible for status:
– Discarding
– Blocked
– Forwarding
● Fwd. Trans.
Specifies the number of status changes Discarding - Forwarding or Forwarding -
Discarding.
Procedure
1. In the input cells of the table row, enter the values of the port you are configuring.
2. From the drop-down lists of the cells of the table row, select the values of the port you are
configuring.
3. Click the "Set Values" button.
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The port exchanges MSTP information but is not involved in the data traffic.
In the blocking mode, BPDU frames are received.
The port receives and sends data frames.
SCALANCE W780/W740 to IEEE 802.11n Web Based Management
Configuration Manual, 03/2015, C79000-G8976-C267-08