Hub/Switch Reference Guide

Port Commands 49
Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Command Line Reference
set port negotiation
Disables or reenables autonegotiation on gigabit Ethernet or 10/100 Ethernet ports.
Syntax set port negotiation port-list {enable | disable}
Defaults Autonegotiation is enabled on all Ethernet ports by default.
Access Enabled.
Usage The gigabit Ethernet ports operate at 1000 Mbps only. They do not change speed to match 10-Mbps
or 100-Mbps links.
2382, 2360/2361 10/100 Ethernet ports support half-duplex and full-duplex operation.
Nortel recommends that you do not configure the mode of a WSS port so that one side of the link is set to
autonegotiation while the other side is set to full-duplex. Although WSS Software allows this configuration, it
can result in slow throughput on the link. The slow throughput occurs because the side that is configured for
autonegotiation falls back to half-duplex. A stream of large packets sent to a WSS port in such a configuration
can cause forwarding on the link to stop.
Examples The following command disables autonegotiation on ports 3, 8, and 16 through 18:
WSS# set port negotiation 3,8,16-18 disable
The following command enables autonegotiation on port 21:
WSS# set port negotiation 21 enable
set port poe
Enables or disables Power over Ethernet (PoE) on ports connected to APs.
Syntax set port <portnum> poe {enable|disable}
port-list List of physical ports. WSS Software disables or reenables
autonegotiation on all the specified ports.
enable Enables autonegotiation on the specified ports.
disable Disables autonegotiation on the specified ports.
Caution! When you set the port type for AP use, you can enable PoE on the port. Use
the WSS’s PoE to power Nortel APs only. If you enable PoE on ports connected to other
devices, damage can result.
port-list List of physical ports. WSS Software disables or reenables PoE on all the
specified ports.
enable Enables PoE on the specified ports.
disable Disables PoE on the specified ports.