User's Manual

Chapter 4 - Operation and Administration
BreezeNET B System Manual
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MAC Address Database in RB
The MAC Address Database option in the RB displays information
regarding the RB’s bridging (forwarding) information. The following
option is available:
 Display Bridging Info: The Display Bridging Info option displays a
list of all the stations in the RB's Forwarding Database.
Each MAC address entry is followed by a description, which may
include the following:
¾ Et (Ethernet): An address learned from the Ethernet port.
¾ Wl (Wireless): An address of a node behind the associated BU,
learned via the wireless port.
¾ Sp (Special): 7 addresses that are always present, which
include:
 The MAC address of the RB, which appears twice as it is
learned from both the Ethernet and wireless ports.
 The MAC address if the internal Operating System stack,
which also appears twice.
 Alvarion's Multicast address (01:20:D6:00:00:01, which also
appears twice. The system treats this address as a Broadcast
address.
 The Ethernet Broadcast address (FF FF FF FF FF FF).
In addition, a summary table displays information about the
Forwarding Database (Bridging Info). The summary table includes
the current number of entries, the aging time specified by the Bridge
Aging Time parameter and the maximum number of entries
permitted for this table, which is 1017.