Dynamic Address - Planet Networking & Communication WGSD-1022 User Manual

4.11.2 Dynamic Address

The Dynamic Address Table contains the MAC addresses learned by monitoring the source address for
traffic entering the switch. When the destination address for inbound traffic is found in the database, the
packets intended for that address are forwarded directly to the associated port. Otherwise, the traffic is
flooded to all ports.
The Dynamic Address screen (see figure 4-54) contains parameters for querying information in the
Dynamic MAC Address Table, including the interface type, MAC addresses, VLAN, and table storing. The
Dynamic MAC Address table contains information about the aging time before a dynamic MAC address
is erased, and includes parameters for querying and viewing the Dynamic MAC Address table. The
Dynamic MAC Address table contains address parameters by which packets are directly forwarded to the
ports. The Dynamic Address Table can be sorted by interface, VLAN, and MAC Address.
The page contains the following fields:
• Address Aging
• Clear Table
• Port
Figure 4-54 Dynamic Address screen
Specifies the amount of time (in seconds) the MAC addresses
remains in the Dynamic MAC Address table before it times out, if no
traffic from the source is detected.
The default value is 300 seconds.
If checked, clears the MAC address table
Specifies the interface for which the table is queried. There are two