Changing The Speed And Flow Control; Setting The Line Speed - Linksys EG24M User Manual

Changing the Speed and Flow Control

1. From the LAN Port Configurations screen, highlight Speed & Flow
Control and press the Enter key. A screen similar to the following will
show the current line speed settings for all ports. If an expansion module is
installed in the switch, it will also be listed.
2. You can configure each port individually or all ports at one time. To con-
figure an individual port, highlight it and press Enter. To configure all
ports, highlight All Ports (the top option in the previous screen) and press
Enter. If an expansion module is present, choose either All 10/100M Ports
or All 1000M Ports. The Speed & Flow Cntl Options screen will appear
3. Proceed to the appropriate section:
To set the line speed, proceed to the Setting the Line Speed section
To set the flow control, go to Changing the Flow Control on
page 20.

Setting the Line Speed

1. Press Enter with the Line Speed value highlighted . The Speed Options
menu will appear (see screen next page).
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2. Highlight the line Speed Option you want to select for the port. Auto allows
the GigaSwitch to automatically determine the line speed and duplex
mode. All the other selections force the GigaSwitch to use a specific line
speed and duplex mode.
3. Press Enter. You will return to the Speed & Flow Cntl Options screen and
the line speed setting you selected appears next to Line Speed.
4. To configure the flow control for this port, proceed to Changing the Flow
Control on page 20 .
5. To configure the line speed for additional ports, press Esc to remove the
Speed & Flow Cntl Options screen. Then highlight the port you want to
configure and repeat steps 1 through 4.
If you want to disable a port, highlight the desired port, then click Enter.
In the Port Settings Options box select Admin Control. Click Enter.
In the Admin Status Options box, select Down. Click Enter.
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