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Modular Ethernet Switch User's Guide Figure 7-13. Configure Forwarding Table And Filtering Table window This window allows you to stop or start address learning, designate an address look-up mode, and select an age-out time for MAC addresses. Click Apply to let your changes take effect. The following fields above can be set: ♦ Lock Address Table Mostly used for security purposes, when the forwarding table is locked the Switch will no longer learn the MAC addresses of new hosts. If your network configuration doesn't change, locking the forwarding table helps keep intruders off your network since any packet coming from an unknown source address will be dropped by the Switch. ♦ Address Lookup Mode Select from: Level 0, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 6, or Level 7. ♦ MAC Address Aging Enter the desired MAC address aging time in this field (10 to 9999 seconds). Static Forwarding Table Figure 7-14. Static Forwarding Table window MAC forwarding allows the Switch to permanently forward outbound traffic to specific destination MAC addresses over a specified port. To use the MAC forwarding function, enter a MAC address. Whenever the Switch sees a packet with this destination MAC Address, it will forward it over the module, port, and VLAN you specify. Web-Based Network Management 89

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Modular Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Web-Based Network Management
89
Figure 7-13.
Configure Forwarding Table And Filtering Table window
This window allows you to stop or start address learning, designate an address look-up mode, and select an
age-out time for MAC addresses. Click
Apply
to let your changes take effect.
The following fields above can be set:
♦
Lock Address Table
Mostly used for security purposes, when the forwarding table is locked the Switch
will no longer learn the MAC addresses of new hosts. If your network configuration doesn’t change, locking
the forwarding table helps keep intruders off your network since any packet coming from an unknown
source address will be dropped by the Switch.
♦
Address Lookup Mode
Select from:
Level 0, Level 1
,
Level 2
,
Level 3
,
Level 4
,
Level 5
,
Level 6
, or
Level 7
.
♦
MAC Address Aging
Enter the desired MAC address aging time in this field (10 to 9999 seconds).
Static Forwarding Table
Figure 7-14.
Static Forwarding Table window
MAC forwarding allows the Switch to permanently forward outbound traffic to specific destination MAC
addresses over a specified port. To use the MAC forwarding function, enter a MAC address. Whenever the
Switch sees a packet with this destination MAC Address, it will forward it over the module, port, and VLAN
you specify.