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Field Description
Ageing Time Set the Ethernet address ageing time, in seconds. After [Ageing Time] seconds of not
having seen a frame coming from a certain address, the bridge will time out (delete) that
address from Forwarding DataBase (fdb).
802.1d Spanning Tree Enable/disable the spanning tree protocol
Save this bridge configuration. New configuration will take effect after saving into
flash memory and rebooting the system. See section “Admin” for details.
Show MACs
List the MAC address in forwarding table.
5.6.2 Routing
The Routing page enables you to define specific route for your Internet and network
data. Most users do not need to define routes. On a typical small home or office LAN,
the existing routes that set up the default gateways for your LAN hosts and for the
DSL device provide the most appropriate path for all your Internet traffic.
On your LAN hosts, a default gateway directs all Internet traffic to the
LAN port(s) on the DSL device. Your LAN hosts know their default gateway
either because you assigned it to them when you modified your TCP/IP properties,
or because you configured them to receive the information dynamically from a
server whenever they access the Internet. On the DSL device itself, a default
gateway is defined to direct all outbound Internet traffic to a route at your ISP.
The default gateway is assigned either automatically by your ISP whenever the
device negotiates an Internet access, or manually by user to setup through the
configuration.
You may need to define routes if your home setup includes two or more networks or
subnets, if you connect to two or more ISP services, or if you connect to a remote
corporate LAN.