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Insight Managed 8-Port Gigabit (Hi-Power) PoE+ Smart Cloud Switch with NETGEAR FlexPoE Power
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forwarding packets. The value must be greater or equal to (Bridge Max Age / 2) + 1.
The time range is from 4 seconds to 30 seconds. The default value is 15 seconds.
• Spanning Tree Maximum Hops.
The maximum number of bridge hops the
information for a particular CST instance can travel before being discarded. The valid
range is 6–40. The default is 20 hops.
8. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
9. T
o refresh the page with the latest information about the switch, click the Refresh button.
The following table describes the MSTP Status information that is displayed.
Table 27. STP advanced CST configuration, MSTP status
Field Description
MST ID The MST instances (including the CST) and the corresponding VLAN IDs associated with each
of them.
VID ID The VLAN IDs and the corresponding FID associated with each of them.
FID ID The FIDs and the corresponding VLAN IDs associated with each of them.
Configure the CST port Settings
You can configure a common spanning tree (CST) and internal spanning tree on a specific
port on the switch.
A port can become diagnostically disabled if as error condition occurs such as severe BPDU
flooding with more than 15 BPDUs in a 3-second interval.
To configure the CST port settings:
1. Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.
You can use a WiFi or wired connection to connect your computer to the network, or
connect directly to a switch that is off-network using an Ethernet cable.
2. Launch a web browser.
3. In the address field of your web browser
, enter the IP address of the switch.
For information about finding the IP address of the switch, see
Access the switch on
page 14.
The Local Device Login page displays.
If you did not yet register the switch with your NETGEAR account, the Register to unlock
all features page displays. For more information, see
Register and access the switch with
your NETGEAR account on page 29.
4. Enter one of the following passwords:
• After registration, enter your customized local device password.