Motorola AP-51 Series Product Reference Manual page 317

Root Path Cost
Bridge Max Msg. Age The Max Msg Age measures the age of received protocol
Bridge Hello Time
Bridge Forward Delay The Bridge Forward Delay value is the time spent in a listening and
3. Refer to the Port Interface Table
within the table for the root and bridge and designated bridges.
Port ID
State
Path Cost
Designated Root
Bridge message traffic contains information identifying the root
bridge and the sending bridge. The root path cost represents the
distance (cost) from the sending bridge to the root bridge.
information recorded for a port, and to ensure the information is
discarded when it exceeds the value set for the Maximum
Message age timer. For information on setting the Maximum
Message Age. For information on setting the Bridge Max Msg.
Age, see Setting the LAN Configuration for Mesh Networking
Support on page 9-6.
The Bridge Hello Time is the time between each bridge protocol
data unit sent. This time is equal to 2 seconds (sec) by default, but
can tuned between 1 and 10 sec. For information on setting the
Bridge Hello Time, see Setting the LAN Configuration for Mesh
Networking Support on page
recommends the Hello Time be set to a value less than half of the
Max Message age value.
learning state. This time is equal to 15 sec by default, but you can
tune the time to be between 4 and 30 sec. For information on
setting the Bridge Forward Delay, see
Configuration for Mesh Networking Support on page
to assess the state of the traffic over the ports listed
Identifies the port from which the configuration message was sent.
Displays whether a bridge is forwarding traffic to other members
of the mesh network (over this port) or blocking traffic. Each viable
member of the mesh network must forward traffic to extent the
coverage area of the mesh network.
The root path cost is the distance (cost) from the sending bridge to
the root bridge.
Displays the MAC address of the access point defined with the
lowest priority within the Mesh STP Configuration screen.
9-6. The 802.1d specification
Setting the LAN
9-6.
Monitoring Statistics 7-11