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4.3.6.2 RSTP Physical Port Settings
Select the option RSTP Physical Port Settings from the Rapid Spanning Tree menu and
then the following screen page appears.
Port Number: This field shows the port number that you would like to edit.
Port State: Enable or disable each port’s RSTP or STP state.
Path Cost: Enter each port’s path cost. By default, each port has the same path cost which
is 1. Each switch has a relative cost that is used to decide the shortest path to forward a
packet. The lowest cost path is always used to decide which port is a root port unless the
other path is down. If you have multiple bridges and interfaces then you may need to adjust
the priorities to achieve optimized performance.
Priority: Select each port’s priority.
Edge: Edge ports are determined by their locations and are connected to end devices such
as hosts. If you want ports to be edge ports, set them to enable. The default setting to all
ports is disabled and will not receive BPDU.
Point to Point: If the port link is connected to another STP device. You can enable its point
to point setting. The default setting to all ports is disabled.
NOTE1: For each port, the fields for “Edge” and “Point to point” can not be enabled at the
same time. In other words, when the port’s “Edge” is enabled, “Point to point” must be set
to disabled.
NOTE2: If you choose STP as the current running version, you can not enable ports to be
edge ports or point to point ports. The fields for “Edge” and “Point to point” become
selectable in RSTP Physical Port Settings when you select RSTP.
