D-Link DGS-3204 User Guide - Page 74

Gigabit Ethernet Switch User's Guide ♦ Under the Destination MAC Address heading a total of ten destination addresses will be seen per page. The Switch can hold up to 256 entries. ♦ Under the Destination Port heading a port number will be displayed for each corresponding destination address. ♦ Under the Status heading, the status will be displayed for each corresponding destination address. The status of the MAC address should show "in use". By mapping a port to a destination MAC address, the switch can permanently forward traffic to the specified device, even after long periods of network inactivity or during times of network congestion. To make a change to the Custom Forwarding Table, choose either Add or Remove in the Action field. Then enter the MAC Address, the Port number that permanently forwards traffic from the specified device, regardless of the device's network activity or current network congestion, and press APPLY. The Custom Filtering Table contains filtering information configured into the Switch by (local or network) management specifying the set of ports to which packets received from specific ports and containing specific destination addresses are not allowed to be forwarded. You can use the Custom Filtering Table for network security purposes thereby discarding unwanted addresses from the Forwarding Table. Dynamic Filtering and Static Filtering are among the two important features of the Custom Filtering Table. They are 60 Using the Console Interface