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AR24027 Operator’s Manual (rev E)
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5.5 Bridge Management Commands
Bridge management commands set and display the specific operating characteristics relating to the
operation of the radios as a network.
ethernet
speed=auto or 10hdx or 10fdx or 100hdx or off
Sets the ethernet port speed to auto-negotiate, 10Mbps half-duplex (10hdx), 10 Mbps full-
duplex (10fdx), 100 Mbps half-duplex (100hdx) or turns the ethernet port off.
In installations requiring very long outdoors CAT5 cable, operation at 100 Mbps may become
unreliable. For this reason the auto-negotiate setting allows only 10 Mbps half or full-duplex.
For operation at 100 Mbps you need to specify that speed explicitly.
When the ethernet port is turned “off” no traffic is accepted from the ethernet port, but the radio
continues to operate over RF normally. This is useful for a radio configured as a repeater, if the
operator wants to turn off the user but needs to keep the service for radios downstream. Note
that once the ethernet port is turned off, it can only be turned back on through an RF connection
or the RS-232 console port.
timeout-sec=5..1800
Sets the time the radio will retain, in its internal table, Ethernet addresses obtained from the
network.
multi-cast-timeout-sec=5..3600
Sets the time the radio will retain, in its internal table, Ethernet multi-cast addresses obtained
from the network.
Examples:
> ethernet speed=10fdx timeout=100
show-tables
table=ethernet-stations
fomat=counts or times
This command displays a variety of information about the overall link. The contents of the
different tables are described below.
ethernet-stations table
This table can be displayed in two formats, “counts” (default) and “times”.