User manual

 16‐PortGigabitEthernetPoE+Web‐ManagedSwitchwith2SFPPorts
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6.3 PORTSETTINGS 
6.3.1 BasicConfig
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Accesstheparametersrelatedtoeachofthe18ports.Thescreenisdividedintotwosections.Theuppersectiondisplays
animageofthe18portsoftheIntellinetswitch.Inordertomakechangestoaport,simplyclicktoselectit.
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Createaselectionofmultipleportsatonce:
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Onceoneportormultipleportsareselected,makechangestotheportsettings.
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Item Description
Portdescription Optionaldescriptionfortheport.Amaximumof80characterscanbeprovided.No
specialcharactersorspacesareallowed.
Portspeed 10M:Forceaconnectiontobemadeat10Mbps.
100M:Forceaconnectiontobemadeat100Mbps.
1000M:Forceaconnectiontobemadeat1000Mbps.
Auto:Theswitchandconnecteddevicenegotiatethebestpossibleconnectionspeed.
Flowcontrol IEEE802.3xflowcontrolistheprocessofmanagingtherateofdatatransmission
betweentwonodes(i.e.,theswitchandaconnectednetworkclient)topreventafast
senderfromoverwhelmingaslowreceiver.Itprovidesamechanismforthereceiver
tocontrolthetransmissionspeed,sothatthereceivingnodeisnotoverwhelmedwith
datafromthetransmittingnode.Thatsoundslikeitisagoodthing,anditis.Sowhyis
theoptionbydefaultsetto“disabled"?Theshortanswerisbecauseyounormally
don’tneeditandbecauseitcan,inveryrareinstances,haveanegativeimpactonthe
overallperformanceinyournetwork.TheTCPprotocolalreadyprovidesitsownflow
controlmechanism,allowingasendertothrottlebackthespeedifthereceiveris
havingproblemskeepingup.
Portstatus ON:Activatetheport.
OFF:Disablestheport.Noconnectionstoitcanbemade.