Wave Wireless Networking SPEEDLAN TM 6000, Руководство оператора

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Permit Ethernet Multicasts - Standard Ethernet bridges will always forward multicast packets. Some pro-
tocols do not use multicast packets, such as TCP/IP and Novell IPX. If you do not use protocols that use
multicast packets, you can drop them by shutting off multicasts on the SPEEDLAN TM. Shutting off multicast
packets will reduce the traffic being sent across your wireless network link. This will also reduce the number of
interrupts that each computer connected to your network experiences.
Pass Bad Ethernet Source - The standard Ethernet bridges
we have tested will pass Ethernet packets with a broadcast or
multicast address as their source (i.e., packets with their first bit
set to 1). The Ethernet specification for Transparent (i.e. Non-
Source-Routing) Bridges does not allow these types of packets,
which are considered bad packets. Our studies have shown that
a common failure mode of many Ethernet interfaces and net-
working software is to transmit packets like these. If you do not
need to permit Source-Routing packets, we suggest that you
deny these packets. The default setting is selected to permit these
packets.
Advanced Features - Clicking the Advanced button brings up this screen. Below are descriptions of the
settings and how they will effect your network.
MAC Filtering - By default, the SPEEDLAN TM is config-
ured to pass all traffic between all MAC-Address pairs. To add
an address pair into the filter, click on the Add button in the MAC
Filtering box. You will be prompted to enter the Remote Ad-
dress, which will be the MAC Address that resides on the remote
side of the brouter, and the Local Address, which will be the
MAC Address that resides on the local side of your network.
The side of the bridge you configured determines the remote side
and local side (in the Interface Setup screen).