8- and 24-Port Gigabit L2 Managed Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) Switches
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Figure 4-35. Static forward screen.
Parameter description: MAC is a six-byte long Ethernet hardware address that’s usually expressed by hex and separated by hyphens.
For example, 00 – 40 - C7 - D6 – 00 – 01.
Port No: The port number of the switch is 1–8.
VID: VLAN identifier. This will be filled only when tagged VLAN is applied. Valid range is 1– 4094.
Alias: MAC alias name you assign.
4.5.4 MAC Alias
Function name: MAC Alias
Function description: MAC Alias function is used to let you assign MAC address a plain English name. This will help you tell which
MAC address belongs to which user in the illegal access report. At the initial time, it shows all pairs of the existing alias name and
MAC address.
There are three MAC alias functions in this function folder, including MAC Alias Add, MAC Alias Edit, and MAC Alias Delete. Click on
the <Create/Edit> button to add/modify a new or an existing alias name for a specified MAC address, or mark an existed entry to
delete it. The alias name must be composed of A-Z, a-z and 0-9 only and can be a maximum 15 characters long.