User`s manual

Signamax 065-1600 series Managed Media Converter

Publication date: October, 2005

Revision 1.0

Function name:

Allowed Forwarding MAC Address

Function description:

Allowed Forwarding MAC Address is a function to allow the user in the

Allowed Forwarding table to access a specified port of the converter. Allowed

Forwarding table associated with a specified port of a converter is setup by

manually inputting MAC address and its alias name. The data in the table is

kept until Signamax 065-1600 series is powered off. The traffic with the source

MAC address listed in the Allowed Forwarding Table can only access the

converter from the port associated. The MAC address associated with the

specified port cannot access any other port of the converter. All of the above

settings will take effect only when “Port Security Setting” function of the

associated port is enabled.

For adding a MAC address entry in the allowed table, you just need to fill in

three parameters: MAC address, associated port, and priority. Just select the

MAC address entry you want and click <Delete> button, you also can remove

it.

Parameter description:

Allowed Forwarding Table:

A table stored MAC address entry with associated port and priority, is

used to provide the function to allow the users listed in this table to

access the associated port of the converter.

MAC Address:

It is a six-byte long Ethernet hardware address and usually expressed by

hex and separated by hyphens. For example,

00 – 40 - C7 - D6 – 00 - 01

Port:

Ports of the Signamax 065-1600 series.

Priority:

This is for traffic priority. User can configure a MAC address high priority

or low priority. If MAC address is configured high priority, the packet with

that DA or SA will be put into the high priority queue and be transmitted

with high priority. If MAC address is configured low priority, the packet

with that MAC address will be transmitted with low priority.