Advanced> Spanning Tree > Port Settings - NETGEAR FSM726v2 - 10/100 Mbps Managed Switch Setup Manual

700 Series Software Manual v2.1
Spanning Tree can be enabled or disabled in this screen.
Enable: There are four other tunable parameters to be addressed when enabled.
Hello Time
Max Age
Forward Delay Amount of time system spent transitioning from the 'learning' to the
Bridge Priority Priority setting among other switches in the Spanning Tree
Disable: Disable Spanning Tree algorithm on the system.
Advanced> Spanning Tree > Port Settings
Figure 5-37: Figure 4-26. Spanning Tree: Port Settings
For the Port Settings options, you can specify Spanning Tree port priority, cost, and Fastlink
parameters for each port.
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Time between configuration messages sent by the Spanning Tree algorithm
Amount of time before a configuration message is discarded by the system
'listening' to the 'forwarding' states
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