User guide

Radio Configuration / Diagnostic Utility RLX-IH ♦ 802.11b
Industrial Hotspot
ProSoft Technology, Inc. Page 33 of 99
April 10, 2007
Field Description
Spanning Tree Protocol:
Wireless Ports
The Spanning Tree Protocol level for the wireless port. (Rapid STP or
STP).
Ethernet Port
The Spanning Tree Protocol level for the Ethernet port. (Rapid STP or
STP).
Spanning Tree Root
MAC
The MAC ID of the root device in the spanning tree.
Priority
The Spanning Tree device with the lowest-priority value is elected the
root of the tree
Max Age
The length of time a port can stay enabled without any new spanning
updates.
Hello Time
The length of time between the transmission of spanning update
packets.
Forward Delay
The length of time a port must listen for spanning information before
being activated.
#
Position in the list. Each page shows up to 10 ports. Use the Next and
Previous buttons to move up and down through the table.
Connection
This field indicates what the port represents: Ethernet, a parent radio,
or a child radio.
State
The current Spanning Tree state of the port. Possible states are
Blocking, Learning, Listening, and Forwarding. Forwarding packets
can be transferred.
Designation
The Spanning Tree designation for the branch off the port. Possible
designations are Root (ports going to the root), Designated (ports
going to a branch), or Normal.
Path Cost
The cumulative cost of all wired and wireless links from the port to the
Spanning Tree root.
Designated Bridge The next bridge toward the Spanning Tree root for this port.
Top Click the Top button to see the top of the table.
Next / Prev
If the table has more ports than it can display in the window, use the
Next and Prev buttons to move up and down through the table.
Refresh Click Refresh to update the table.
The following illustration shows the RadioLinx Industrial Hotspot Browser
(page 53) application provided with the radios. Notice it shows the radio named
Hermatite_4F, linked to Amethyst_BD. This link is shown with a red dotted line.
Also visible is the level of redundancy in their network. Each of the blue lines
represents an alternate parent. From this view, you can easily tell how much
redundancy exists in their network.