User's Manual
RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
ProSoftTechnology,Inc. Page75of208
February5,2015
Field
Description
SpanningTreeProtocol:
WirelessPorts
TheSpanningTreeProtocollevelforthewirelessport(RapidSTPorSTP).
EthernetPort
TheSpanningTreeProtocollevelfortheEthernetport(RapidSTPorSTP).
EdgePort
DisplaysActiveorInactivebasedonthesettingofEthernetEdgePortinthe
SpanningTreeconfigurationdialog.
SpanningTreeRoot:MAC
TheMACIDoftherootdeviceinthespanningtree.
Priority
SpanningTreedevicewiththelowest‐priorityvalueiselectedtherootofthe
tree
MaxAge
Thelengthoftimeaportcanstayenabledwithoutanynewspanning
updates.
HelloTime
Thelengthoftimebetweenthetransmissionofspanningupdatepackets.
ForwardDelay
Thelengthoftimeaportmustlistenforspanninginformationbeforebeing
activated.
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Positioninthelist.Eachpageshowsupto10ports.UsetheNextandPrevious
buttonstomoveupanddownthroughthetable.
Connection
Thisfieldindicateswhattheportrepresents:Ethernet,aparentradio,ora
childradio.
State
ThecurrentSpanningTreestateoftheport.PossiblestatesareBlocking,
Learning,Listening,andForwarding.Forwardingpacketscanbetransferred.
Designation
TheSpanningTreedesignationforthebranchofftheport.Possible
designationsareRoot(portsgoingtotheroot),Designated(portsgoingtoa
branch),orNormal.
PathCost
Thecumulativecostofallwiredandwirelesslinksfromtheporttothe
SpanningTreeroot.
DesignatedBridge
TheNextbridgetowardtheSpanningTreerootforthisport.
Top
ClicktheTopbuttontoseethetopofthetable.
Next/Prev
Ifthetablehasmoreportsthanitcandisplayinthewindow,usetheNextand
Prevbuttonstomoveupanddownthroughthetable.
Refresh
ClickRefreshtoupdatethetable.
ThefollowingillustrationshowstheRadioLinxIndustrialHotspotBrowser(page121)
applicationprovidedwiththeradios.NoticeitshowstheradionamedHematite_4F,
linkedtoAmethyst_BD.Thislinkisshownwithareddottedline.Alsovisibleisthelevel
ofredundancyintheirnetwork.Eachofthebluelinesrepresentsanalterna
teparent.
Fromthisview,itiseasilyshownhowmuchredundancyexistsintheirnetwork.