View the cst port status – NETGEAR MS510TXPP 8 Port Gigabit PoE Managed Switch User Manual

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Smart Managed Pro Switches MS510TX and MS510TXPP

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The possible values are

Enable

and

Disable

. The default value is Disable. When BPDU

forwarding is enabled, the switch forwards the BPDU traffic arriving on this port when
STP is disabled on this port.

11.

In the

Path Cost

field, set the path cost to a new value for the specified port in the common

and internal spanning tree.

Specify a value in the range of 0 to 200000000. The default is 0. When the path cost is
set to 0, the value is updated with the external path cost from a received STP packet.

12.

In the

Priority

field, specify the priority for a particular port within the CST.

The port priority is set in multiples of 16. The range is 0 to 240. The possible values are 0,
16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 224, or 240. The default value
is 128.

13.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your settings are saved.

14.

To refresh the page with the latest information about the switch, click the

Refresh

button.

The following table describes the nonconfigurable information displayed on the page.

View the CST Port Status

Use the Spanning Tree CST Port Status page to display Common Spanning Tree (CST) and
Internal Spanning Tree on a specific port on the switch.

To view the CST port status:

1.

Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.

You can use a WiFi or wired connection to connect your computer to the network, or
connect directly to a switch that is off-network using an Ethernet cable.

2.

Launch a web browser.

3.

In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.

If you do not know the IP address of the switch, see

Access the Switch on page

14

.

The login window opens.

4.

Enter the switch’s password in the

Password

field.

The default password is

password

.

Table 28. CST port configuration

Field

Description

Port State

The forwarding state of this port (Forwarding or Disabled).

Port ID

The port identifier for the specified port within the CST. The identifier is
made up from the port priority and the interface number of the port.

Hello Timer

The value of the parameter for the CST. The default is 2 seconds.

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