Bridge Port Statistics; Bridge Status - HP ProCurve MSM317 Installation And Getting Started Manual

Configuration
Viewing status information

Bridge port statistics

To see the traffic forwarding tables for the bridge and the switch ports, select the MSM317 in
the Network Tree under Controlled APs, then in the right pane select Status > Bridge. For
example:

Bridge status

State
Current state of the bridge.
 Listening: Initial state. Port is not forwarding packets but listens for other bridges.
 Learning: Bridge learns about other bridges on that port. Port is not forwarding packets.
 Forwarding: Port is forwarding packets. Bridge is operational on the port.
 Blocking: Port is not forwarding. A loop was detected in the bridging network.
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