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reconfigure when the interface changes state, and also overcomes
other STA-related timeout problems.
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State — Displays the current STA state of a port. If enabled, the port
state determines what action is taken on traffic. Possible port states
are:
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Learning — Indicates that the port is in Learning mode. The port
cannot forward traffic, however it can learn new MAC addresses.
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Forwarding — Indicates that the port is in Forwarding mode. The
port can forward traffic and learn new MAC addresses.
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Discarding — Indicates that the port is in Discarding mode. The
port is listening to BPDUs, and discards any other frames it receives.
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Link Type — Indicates the established link type. The possible field
values are:
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Auto — Automatically derived from the duplex mode setting. Ports
set to full duplex mode are considered Point-to-Point port links,
while ports set to half-duplex mode are assumed to be on a shared
link.
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Point to Point — Indicates that a point-to-point link is currently
established on the port.
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Shared — Indicates that a shared link is currently established on
the port.
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Port Priority — Indicates the priority value of the port. The priority
influences the port choice when a bridge has two ports connected in a
loop. If the path cost for all ports on a switch is the same, the port
with the highest priority will be configured as an active link in the
Spanning Tree. This makes a port with higher priority less likely to be
blocked if the Spanning Tree Algorithm is detecting network loops.