Figure 6-21: Spanning Tree: Bridge Settings - NETGEAR FSM726S Installation Manual

Main Menu> Advanced Menu> Spanning Tree> Bridge Settings
The following information is presented on this page:
Root Port
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Root Port Path Cost
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Bridge Hello Time
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Bridge Max Age
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Bridge Forward Delay
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Root Bridge Priority
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Root MAC Address
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Switch MAC Address
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Spanning Tree can be enabled or disabled in this screen.
Enable: There are four other tunable parameters to be addressed when enabled.
Hello Time Time between configuration messages sent by the Spanning Tree algorithm
Max Age Amount of time before a configuration message is discarded by the system
Forward Delay Amount of time system spent transitioning from the 'learning' to the 'listening' to the 'forwarding' states
Bridge Priority Priority setting among other switches in the Spanning Tree
Disable: Disable Spanning Tree algorithm on the system.
When Spanning tree is used in conjunction with a set of aggregated ports, otherwise known as a port trunking, Spanning Tree will treat the trunk as
a single virtual port.

Figure 6-21: Spanning Tree: Bridge Settings

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