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Infinet Wireless: Technical Documentation – InfiMAN Evolution
Operation & Administration – 114
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64 Figure - Static Links settings
By clicking the «Add» button, you create a new fixed link to the unit.
By clicking the «Remove» button, you can delete an already created fixed link.
7.3.5 MAC Switch
7.3.5.1 Switch configuration
The Switch configuration is based on a set of rules for the switching groups:
An unique numeric identifier (1-4999) for each group
Two or more local network interfaces (ethX, rfX, tunX, etc) and a set of rules (filters) which allow placing
different types of traffic into different switching groups
Each node can have several switching groups. The same interfaces or group of interfaces can be used in
several groups simultaneously
Switching groups are activated on different nodes of theMINTnetwork. The nodes that have the same
switching group identifier in their configurations represent a "switching zone"
"Switching zone" exists only within theMINTnetwork segment.
7.3.5.2 Switching groups
TheMINTnetwork can be viewed as one virtual distributed layer-3 switch, where border nodes act as external ports
of the virtual switch. The virtual switch task is to transport frames from one external port to another. It is important
to understand that switching groups should be created only on the nodes where frames enter from or leave to the
"outside" network ("outside" relative toMINT). On the repeater nodes (in mesh topology) there is no need to create
switching groups.
65 Figure - Switching Groups
In order to put an incoming frame into one of the switching groups, a set of flexible rules is used, which allow
sorting frames according to various criteria, like:
VLANtag
Protocol type
Addresses (MAC/IP)
Ports
Any PCAP expressions.