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AG 5500
System Administration 225
Enabling the Bridge Mode Option {Bridge Mode}
Bridge Mode allows complete and unconditional access to devices on the subscriber side of the
AG 5500. When the Bridge Mode option is enabled, the AG 5500 is effectively transparent to
the network in which it is located, allowing clusters of switches (especially Cisco Systems
switch clusters) to be managed using the STP (Spanning Tree Protocol), or any other
algorithm/protocol. The AG 5500 forwards any and all packets (except those addressed to the
AG 5500 network interface). The packets are unmodified and can be forwarded in both
directions. This
is a very useful feature when troubleshooting your entire network as it allows
administrators to effectively “remove” the AG 5500 from the network without physically
disconnecting the unit.
You can still manage the AG 5500 when Bridge Mode is enabled, but you have no other
functionality. If you enable the Bridge Mode option and then plug the AG 5500 into a network,
all you need to do is assign it routable IP addresses. You can then set up all other features and
disable the
Bridge Mode option whenever you want to start using the AG 5500 in that network.
This procedure shows you how to enable the Bridge Mode option.
1. From the Web Management Interface, click on System , then Bridge Mode . The Bridge
Mode (Passthrough) Settings screen appears:
2. Click on the check box for Bridge Mode to enable this feature.
3.
Click on the
Submit
button to save your changes, or click on the
Reset
button if you want
to reset the “Enable” option to its previous state.
The AG 5500 will be rebooted if this setting is changed.
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