Installation guide

WATERS NETWORK SYSTEMS™ ProSwitch
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configuration for the receiving IP subnet.
When the DHCP server receives the DHCP request, it allocates a free IP address for the DHCP client from its
scope in the DHCP client's subnet and sends a DHCP Response back to the DHCP Relay Agent. The DHCP
Relay Agent then broadcasts this DHCP Response packet received from the DHCP server to the appropriate
client.
Pinging
The following options can be set for pinging:
 The IP address of the host you want to ping.
 The packet count number (from 1 to 999, or 0 for an infinite packet count).
 The packet size (from 0 to 1500).
 The timeout value (from 0 to 999).
To set the ping options:
1. Select IP Networking from the Advanced Management Menu.
2. Select Ping.
3. Highlight each item one at a time and press Enter.
4. Set each option in the screen.
5. Press Esc to start the ping operation.
Bridging
Bridging allows you view and change the aging period.
1. Select Bridging from the Advanced Management Menu
2. To change the aging time, highlight Aging Time (seconds) and press Enter.
3. Press Enter for Set Aging Time.
4. A prompt will ask you to enter a bridge aging period, in seconds. Enter a new aging period and press the
Enter key. Enter 0 for no aging.
5. To change the flood limit for all ports, highlight Flood Limit for All ports (pkts/sec) and press Enter.
6. The next prompt asks you to set flood limit (packets per second) or unlimited. Select Set Flood Limit and
enter a new flood limit. Or, you may select Unlimited to disable the flooding limit function for unknown MAC
address packets.
7. Follow the same steps for Broadcast Limit and Multicast Limit.
8. When you are finished, return to the Advanced Management Menu.
Note: To remove these settings, return to the option for Aging. Choose No Aging. Set the other parameters
to unlimited to remove the settings.
Aging - Aging is an operation used so a switch can maintain its learning table. If a network device does not
send any packets in the aging time, its MAC address entry in the learning table will be removed. This operation
is called aging.
Flooding - Whenever a packet is sent to a switch, the switch will try to find the destination port of the packet by
looking it up in the learning table. It will then forward it. If the DA (destination MAC address) of the packet
cannot be found in the learning table, the switch will forward it to every port. This operation of a switch is called
flooding. These flooding packets may cause unnecessary network traffic in the network. Multicast limits work
like broadcast, but the packet is only sent to the member client, not all ports.
Static Filtering
Static Filtering allows you view, add, delete, or search all source or destination addresses to be filtered.