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802.11b
Radio Configuration / Diagnostic Utility
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ProSoft Technology, Inc.
April 10, 2007
4.1.2 Port
status
This configuration page opens when you click the Port Status button on the
Radio Configuration form.
When you click the Port Status button, you can see information about all the
active ports on the radio. Above the table, you can see information about the
current
Spanning Tree
(page 37), including the MAC address of the "root"
device, and the timing parameters that are set for the current Spanning Tree.
Each radio can have up to 34 active ports—one Ethernet cable, one parent RF
link, and up to 32 child RF links.
The primary for creating a Spanning Tree is that it allows you to create fully
redundant paths. If any single radio in a redundant path loses its connection,
another path still exists, and the connection will be updated and communication
restored.