Configuring with Web Based Management
5.7 "Layer 2" menu
SCALANCE W760/W720 to IEEE 802.11n Web Based Management
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5.7.3
Spanning Tree
5.7.3.1
General
General settings of spanning tree
On this page, you configure the settings for MSTP. As default, Rapid Spanning Tree is
enabled that can be set to the MSTP, RSTP or STP compatible mode with a switch.
On the configuration pages of these functions, you can make detailed settings.
Depending on the compatibility mode, you can configure the corresponding function on the
relevant configuration page.
Note
Client device not as root
Using the configuration of priorities and path costs, make sure that a client device can never
become the root node. If a client device becomes the root node the Rapid Spanning Tree
function no longer works.
Description
The page contains the following boxes:
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Check box "Spanning Tree"
Enable or disable MSTP.
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Drop-down list "Protocol Compatibility"
Select the compatibility mode of MSTP, for example if you select RSTP, MSTP behaves
like RSTP.
The following settings are available:
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STP
–
RSTP
–
MSTP
Note
If iPCF mode is enabled, only the compatibility modes STP and RSTP are supported.