User's Manual

InfiNet Wireless R5000 Technical User Manual

MAC Switch

This section allows stating the switch mode on the unit and creating multiple

switch groups.

―Create Switch Group‖ button – creates a new switch group

―ethX‖ and ―rfx‖ check-boxes allows including the corresponding interfaces

into the switch group

Enabled - enables the corresponding switching group

STP – enables Spanning Tree Protocol feature at the switching group

IGMP – enables IGMP-Snooping feature at the switching group

Repeater – starts the repeater mode. In this mode the group switches the

packets simply by sending them to all the device‘s interfaces except the

one the packet was received from.

Admin – sets the switching group as the admin group. All the packets

originated by the unit itself (e.g. RIP/OSPF or ping) leave the MINT

network via the admin group. If ―No Admin Group‖ is selected such

packets isn‘t able to leave the network

―X‖ button – deletes the group

Up and down arrows allows to change the group's order

Group Rules – allows adding rules that defines what packets should be

processed by the group

Default Action – the action (permit or deny) taken on the packet if it

doesn‘t match to any rule

Help – displays help guidelines for rules creation using ―Group Rules‖

subsection

Management VLAN – sets a Management VLAN ID. When set the device

access and configuration are possible only via Management VLAN

―Enable Switch‖ check-box – starts switching on the unit.