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Bridge GUI Guide: Network Configuration
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chassis and in the GUI, and each port’s default Fortress
Security setting.
Bridge Ethernet ports can be configured per port, according to
the requirements of your implementation. Access per-port
settings through
Configure -> Ethernet Settings.
Figure 3.28. Simple View
Ethernet Settings
screen, ES210, ES440, ES820
Software labels cannot be changed. Ethernet Settings screens
display each port’s view-only
Name.
3.7.1 Port Administrative State
Admin. State determines whether the port is Enabled or
Disabled. All ports are Enabled by default.
3.7.2 Port Speed and Duplex Settings
Speed determines whether the port will transmit and receive
data at a specified speed (
10 Mbps or 100 Mbps) or
automatically adjust to the highest possible speed (
Auto, the
default).
Duplex determines whether the port will allow only Full Duplex
communication, only
Half Duplex communication, or
automatically determine whether to use full or half duplex
communication according to the duplex communication in use
by connected devices (
Auto, the default).
NOTE: Core can
only be selected
for
FastPath Mesh Mode
when the Fortress Securi-
ty
selection for the port
(Section 3.7.4) matches
that of the FP Mesh net-
work overall (Section
3.2.1.2). Normally,
For-
tress Security
should be
Enabled for both.
3.7.3 Port FastPath Mesh Mode and User Cost Offset
Two settings configure the port’s FastPath Mesh attributes:
FastPath Mesh Mode - establishes the port’s role in the FP
Mesh network.
Core - configures the interface to connect to other FP
Mesh-enabled Fortress Mesh Points (MPs)
Access - configures the interface to connect Non-Mesh
Points (NMPs) to the FP Mesh network.
User Cost Offset - allows you to weight the port more
heavily in the FP Mesh cost equation in order to make it
less attractive relative to other interfaces. Enter a non-
negative integer between
0 (zero) and 4,294,967,295.
The higher the offset, the less attractive the interface. A
neighbor with the maximum cost (
4,294,967,295) will
never be used to route traffic. The default is
0 (zero).
Network Cost Weighting and the FP Mesh cost equation
are described in Section 3.2.1.5.
FastPath Mesh bridging is described in Section 3.2.1.