Exalt Installation and Management Guide
EX-r Series GigE Digital Microwave Radios
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2015-10-23
Ethernet I nterface Configuration Page
This page allows the administrator to set the alarm, and duplex settings of the Ethernet connection.
It also allows determination of the management information for in-band (carried over the air and
available from both the PoE(1) and ETH2 connectors on either end of the link) or out-of-band (not
carried over the air and only available from the PoE(1) connector)
Figure 29 Ethernet Interface Configuration page
To ignore Ethernet alarms, disable the alarming of either or both connectors, accordingly. Muting the
ETH2 connection is desirable when connected equipment senses Ethernet signaling and makes
decisions (such as, spanning tree protocol enable) based on the Ethernet signal. If the ETH2
connection has muting enabled, the port is muted when the link is not active.
It may be desirable to disable the alarming of the ETH2 connector if it is not used.
For Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, configure the interface on the radio and the interface on the connected
network equipment to Auto-Negotiate; the default setting for new radios. For 100BaseT (Fast
Ethernet) interfaces, configure the interface on the radio and the interface on the connected network
equipment to 100/Full; the default setting for new radios. It is not recommended for 100BaseT
connections to be set to Auto-negotiate, as this can exhibit packet loss with an extremely adverse
impact on throughput.
