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Bridge Settings
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Priority
• Hello Time
• Max A
ge
• Forward Delay
4.9.3 S
TP Port Settings
Network administrators can assign STP settings to specific interfaces using the STP Interface Settings
screen (see figure 4-47). The STP Interface Settings page contains the following fields:
to the selected method.
Specifies the bridge priority value. When switches or bridges are
running STP, each is assigned a priority. After exchanging BPDUs,
the device with the lowest priority value becomes the Root B
The port priority value is provided in increm
example, 4096, 8192, 12288, etc. The range is 0 to 65535.
The default value is 32768.
Th
is specifies the device Hello Time. The Hello Time indicates the
amou
nt of time in seconds a root bridge waits between configuration
mess
ages.
Th
e default is 2 seconds. The range is 1 to 10 seconds.
Where specifies the device Maximum Age Time. The Ma
Time indicates the amount of time in seconds a bridge waits before
sending configuration messages.
The default max age is 20 seconds. The range is 6 to 40 seconds.
This specifies the device forward delay time. The Forward Delay Time
indicates the amount of time in seconds a bridge remains in a
listening and learning state before forwarding packets.
The default is 15 seconds. The range is 4 to 30 seconds.
ridge.
ents of 4096. For
ximum Age
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