User manual LINKSYS EF24G2M

[. . . ] Instant EtherFast® Series EtherFast® Managed 24-Port with Dual Gigabit Switch Use this guide to install: Linksys EtherFast® Managed 24-Port with Dual Gigabit Switch (EF24G2M) User Guide COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. EtherFast is a registered trademark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective proprietors. [. . . ] · VLAN - The VLAN within which the gateway or destination address resides. · Next Hop - The IP address of the router at the next hop. · Type - The IP route type for the destination network. Direct - A directly connected subnetwork Indirect - A remote IP subnetwork or host address Myself - A switch IP address on a specific IP subnetwork Bcast - A subnetwork broadcast address Mcast - An IP multicast address Invalid - An illegal IP address to be filtered Select Apply to make changes. Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Prev Page to view the previous page. To display a specific page, set the page number in the Page field and then press Apply. Select Add to add a routing entry. 56 57 EtherFast® Series EtherFast® Managed 24-Port with Dual Gigabit Switch Add Routing Entry The Add Routing Entry screen is used to add a routing entry. Default Route Menu The Default Route Menu screen is used to define a route to which this Switch will forward all traffic for unknown networks. · IP Address - IP address of static ARP entry. · VLAN - The VLAN which has the IP interface to the default router. · MAC Address - MAC address of static ARP entry. · Next Hop Address - The IP address of the default router. · Interface - Identification number for interface of static ARP entry. · Metric - The number of hops required to reach the default router. · Routing Metric - Indicate the number of hopes to the destination network. Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. 58 59 EtherFast® Series EtherFast® Managed 24-Port with Dual Gigabit Switch Security Menu The Security Menu is used to configure security options. MAC Filtering Configuration The MAC Filtering Configuration screen allows you to filter out specified MAC addresses. Any node that presents a security risk or is malfunctioning can be filtered from this Switch. Security filtering can be used to drop all the traffic from a host device based on a specified MAC address. · MAC Filtering Configuration - Security filtering can be used to drop all the traffic from a host device based on a specified MAC address. Traffic with either a source or destination address listed in the MAC Filtering Configuration table will be filtered. · Security Mode - Enable/disable the Learning mode here. · IP Filtering Configuration - Configures IP filtering settings. [. . . ] Spanning-tree detects and directs data along the shortest path, maximizing the performance and efficiency of the network. Static Routing - Forwarding data in a network via a fixed path. Static routing cannot adjust to changing line conditions as can dynamic routing. Subnet Mask - The method used for splitting IP networks into a series of subgroups, or subnets. [. . . ]