Port:
Displays the corresponding port number or link-aggregation
number of the MAC address.
Type:
Displays the Type of the MAC address.
Aging Status:
Displays the Aging Status of the MAC address.
Bind:
Click the
Bind
button to bind the MAC address of your selected
entry to the corresponding port statically.
Tips:
Setting aging time properly helps implement effective MAC address aging. The aging time that
is too long or too short results in a decrease of the switch performance. If the aging time is too
long, excessive invalid MAC address entries maintained by the switch may fill up the MAC
address table. This prevents the MAC address table from updating with network changes in
time. If the aging time is too short, the switch may remove valid MAC address entries. This
decreases the forwarding performance of the switch. It is recommended to keep the default
value.
6.4.4
Filtering Address
The filtering address is to forbid the undesired packets to be forwarded. The filtering address
can be added or removed manually, independent of the aging time. The filtering MAC address
allows the switch to filter the packets which includes this MAC address as the source address
or destination address, so as to guarantee the network security. The filtering MAC address
entries act on all the ports in the corresponding VLAN.
Choose the menu
Switching→MAC Address→Filtering Address
to load the following page.
Figure 6-17 Filtering Address
The following entries are displayed on this screen:
Create Filtering Address
MAC Address:
Enter the MAC Address to be filtered.
VLAN ID:
Enter the corresponding VLAN ID of the MAC address.
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