Figure 10-2 Spanning Tree Configuration (Bridge); Table 10-1 Spanning Tree Configuration (Bridge) Description - ZyXEL Communications PES-1014 User Manual

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Table 10-1 Spanning Tree Configuration (Bridge) Description

FIELD

Spanning

Select Enable to activate or Disable to deactivate the Spanning Tree Protocol.

Tree

Enabling the STP also enables the default VLAN. Disabling the default VLAN also

Protocol

disables the STP, and vice versa.

state

Bridge

Bridge priority decides whether a bridge in a multi-bridge network is a root bridge

Priority

or not, a lower numbered bridge priority induces more chance of the switch

(0.65535)

becoming the root bridge. Bridge Priority can be set from 0 to 65535.

Root Bridge

This is the bridge priority of the root bridge on this network.

Priority

Root Bridge

This is the MAC address of the root bridge of the network.

MAC

Address

Root Port

This read-only field shows the port that offers the lowest cost path from this bridge

to the root bridge.

Root Path

This read-only field contains the lowest cost for connecting this bridge to the root

Cost

bridge through the root port.

Bridge Hello

The time interval between BPDU packets in STP, all of the bridges will send the

Time (1..10)

BPDU packet to elect the root bridge periodically. The root bridge will keep

sec

sending the packets to make sure it is still the root bridge after it has been

elected. Bridge Hello Time can be set from 1 to 10 seconds, the default value is

set at 2 seconds.

Bridge Max

Bridges will begin to send BPDU packets for electing a new Root Bridge if they

Age (6..40)

receive no BPDU packets from the Root Bridge for longer than the time period in

Bridge Max Age. Bridge Max Age ranges from 6 to 40 seconds, the default

sec

value is 20 seconds.

Forward Delay determines how long the switch waits before changing its STP

Forward

Delay

status from listening/learning to learning/forwarding.

(4..30) sec

You can modify the Forward Delay time to fit your network topology. Larger

networks need longer delay times.

Click Apply to save your changes to working memory or click Reset to go to the previous configuration. Refer

to 3.5.4 for directions on saving your changes to flash memory before you restart the switch.

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