D-Link DES-3224 Product Manual - Page 52

10/100 Auto Negotiation Switch User's Guide Root Bridge Specifies the MAC address of the Root Bridge. The DES-3224 may or may not be the root bridge. The DES-3224 is the default root bridge. Root Port Specifies the preferred path to the Root Bridge. Only one path per bridge can exist. The default setting is none. Table 7: User Selective STA parameters STA parameters Settings Effects Comment Enable/Disable Enable/ Disable Participate in or remove from STA Enable in a SNMP network. Bridge Priority Hello Time Max Age Time Forward Delay Lower the #, higher the priority 1 - 10 seconds 6 - 40 seconds 4 - 30 seconds Port Level STA parameters Enable/ Disable Enable/ disable Port Priority Lower the #, higher the priority Increases chance of becoming the Root Bridge No effect, if not Root Bridge Compete for Root Bridge, if BPDU is not received High # delays the change in state Avoid, if the switch is used in workgroup level of a large network Never set greater than Max Age Time Avoid low number for unnecessary reset of Root Bridge Max Age < 2 x (Forward Delay - 1) Max Age > 2 x Hello Time + 1) Enable or disable LAN segment Increases chance of becoming the Root Port Disable a port for security or problem isolation Managing the DES-3224 42