User manual D-LINK DES-3205 Supplementary Guide

[. . . ] This feature can be used for security as well as other aspects in the management of the Switch. Explicit forwarding can be viewed in relation to a post office where slots are reserved for forwarding specific letters once they are identified for particular addresses. In the Switch, each port has a reserved capacity of sixteen MAC addresses to form a Destination Address (DA) table. [. . . ] The VT100 terminal emulation software can be found in Microsoft Windows or any other communication software. For more information about the RS-232 port and the VT100 terminal emulation process, see the Out-of-Band Management of this user's guide. After a successful connection of the PC to the RS-232 port of the Switch. At the setup screen, verify that all settings are in accord with the settings shown on the front panel of the DES-3205 Switch or the "DCE/DTE line setting" in the Out-of-Band Management section of this user's guide. The settings should be as follows: Baud Rate Parity Data bits Stop bits 19200 None 8 1 Verify that these settings are correctly entered in each field. Incorrect settings could mean that VT100 terminal emulation communication with the Switch might not be possible. Pressing the Enter (Return) key should give you the EtherSwitch Console Program main menu screen: From this screen, perform the following steps to add entries to your user defined MAC address table: 1. Press the Tab key until you are at the "Filtering Data Base" selection of the main menu. Press the Enter key and the Filtering Data Base Menu appears: 2. The Tab key moves the highlighting down from field to field; while, the Backspace key moves the highlighting up from field to field. Also, the up and down arrow keys moves the highlighting and cursor up and down as appropriate. Move the highlighting to the Port Number field and type in the desired port you are willing to set. Note that the Filter State automatically changes to "Disable" and all MAC addresses are cleared and ready for your input. Move the highlighting to the Filter State field and toggle between either "Disable, Forwarding or Blocking. " To toggle within this field, you must use the Space bar. Move the highlighting from the 1st MAC address field and type in the desired MAC address, then continue this procedure to the 16th MAC address field. Press the F2 or S keys to save the input. Note that the Switch must be reset in order for changes to take effect. Press the F4 or X keys to exit the Filtering Data Base menu and return to the main menu. The following represents an explanation of the selection and input parameters for the Filtering Data Base Menu: Port Number. [. . . ] Otherwise, the packet will be forwarded. This is where 1st MAC Address ~ 16th MAC Address. user defined MAC address entries can be inputted. [. . . ]