SMC Networks 8606T, Management Manual

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(Path) Cost 100/19/4 This parameter is used by the STA algorithm
to determine the best path between devices.
Therefore, lower values should be assigned to
ports attached to faster media, and higher
values assigned to ports with slower media.
The default and recommended range is:
Standard Ethernet: 100(50~600)
Fast Ethernet: 19 (10~60)
Gigabit Ethernet: 4(3~10)
The full range is 0 - 65535.
Note: Path cost takes precedence over port
priority.
FastForwarding DISABLED This parameter is used to enable/disabled the
Fast Spanning Tree mode for the port. In this
mode, ports skip the Blocked, Listening and
Learning states and proceed straight to
Forwarding.
FastForwarding enables end-node
workstations and servers to overcome
time-out problems when the Spanning Tree
Algorithm is implemented in a network.
Therefore, FastForwarding should only be
enabled for ports that are connected to an
end-node device.
Parameter Default Description