Unicast; Unicast Global Forwarding Table - D-Link DES-6300 User Manual

Modular L3 Ethernet Switch User's Guide
Figure 6- 64. Bridge Operating Parameters window
The Bridge Operating Parameters window displays the following fields:
Bridge Address – The device MAC address.
Bridge Type – Types of bridging the device can perform. This is a read only
field, whose value is Transparent Only.
Forwarding Table Aging Time – The user-defined number of seconds the
learned entries remain in the Forwarding Table. The counter is reset each time
the entry is used. After this time, entries are deleted from the table. There is a
minimum 10-second period.
To edit the Forwarding Table Aging Time field:
1. Display the Bridge Operating Parameters window.
2. Edit the Forwarding Table Aging Time field.
3. Click . When the Status field displays "Finished!", the fields are confirmed as
modified.

Unicast

Unicast is a method of sending one packet to one destination, for example between a workstation
and a server. The Unicast menu has the following options:
Unicast Forward Table Size
Unicast Forward Table Size.

Unicast Global Forwarding Table

The Unicast Forwarding Table contains information about MAC Addresses that belong to a
specific VLAN.
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