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TL-SG3424P JetS tream L2 Managed PoE Switch REV2.0.0 1910010781 ...
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COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications ar e subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders. No part of the specificatio ns ma y be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivati ...
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Safety Information z When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shu t off the product; When there is no power button, the only way to co mpletely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source. z Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yourself. Y ou run the risk of electric ...
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CONTENTS Package C ontent s ............................................................................................................... ........... 1  Chapter 1  About this Guide........................................................................................................... 2  1.1  Intended Re aders ...................... ...
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5.1.1  Port C onfig ....................................................................................................... 31  5.1.2  Port Mi rror ........................................................................................................ 32  5.1.3  Port Secu rity ........................................................ ...
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7.3.2  Instance Co nfig ................................................................................................ 88  7.3.3  Instance Port Conf ig......................................................................................... 89  7.4  STP Se cu rity .................................................................... ...
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10.2.1  T ime-Range Su mmary ................................................................................... 134  10.2.2  PoE T ime-Range Create ................................................................................ 135  10.2.3  PoE Holiday Config ......................................................................... ...
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12.4.3  Radius Se rver ................................................................................................ 177  Chapter 13  SNMP ....................................................................................................................... 179  13.1  SNMP C onfig ................................................. ...
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15.3.2  Cluster C onfig ................................................................................................ 220  15.4  Application Example fo r Cluster F unction ................................................................. 222  Chapter 16  Maintenanc e ................................................................ ...
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Package Content s The following items should be found in your box: ¾ One JetStream L2 Managed PoE Switch ¾ One power cord ¾ One console cable ¾ Two mounting brackets and other fittings ¾ Installation Guide ¾ Resource CD for TL-SG3424P switch, including: • This User Guide • Other Helpful Information Note: Make sure that the package contain ...
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Chapter 1 About this Guide This User Guide contains in formation for setup and management of TL-SG3424P JetS tream L2 Managed PoE Switch. Please read this guide carefully before operation. 1.1 Intended Readers This Guide is intended for network managers fam iliar with IT concepts and network terminologies. 1.2 Conventions In this Guide the followin ...
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Chapter Introduction Chapter 4 System This module is used to c onfigure system properties of the switch. Here mainly introduces: z System Info: Configure the descr iption, system time and network parameters of the switch. z User Management: Configure t he user name and password for users to log on to the Web management p age with a certain access l ...
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Chapter Introduction Chapter 9 QoS This module is used to conf igure QoS function to provi de different quality of service for vari ous network applications and requirements. Here mainly introduces: z Diff Se rv: Co nfi gu re priorities, port priorit y , 802.1P priority and DSCP priority . z Bandwidth Control: Configure rate limit feature to contro ...
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Chapter Introduction Chapter 14 LLDP This module is used to configure LLDP function to pr ovide information for SNMP applications to simplify trou bleshooting. Here mainly introduces: z Basic Config: Configure the LLDP parameters of the device. z Device Info: View the LLDP information of the local device and its neighbors z Device S tatistics: V ie ...
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Chapter 2 Introduction Thanks for choosing the TL-SG3424P JetS tream L2 Managed PoE Switch! 2.1 Overview of the Switch Designed for workgroups and department s, TL-SG3424P from TP-LINK provides wire-speed performance and abundant layer 2 management features. It provides a varie ty of service features and multiple powerful functions with high securi ...
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+ Supports T elnet, CLI, SNMP v1/v 2c/v3, RMON and web access. + Port Mirroring enables monitoring selected ingress/egress traffic. 2.3 Appearance Description 2.3.1 Front Panel Figure 2-1 Front Panel The following parts are lo cated on the front panel of the switch: ¾ 10/100/1000Mbps Port s: Designed to connect to the device with a bandwidth of 10 ...
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LED Status Indication On The switch is powered on Off The switch is powered off or power supply is abnormal Power Flashing Power supply is abnormal Flashing The switch works properly System On/Off The switch works improperly On A 1000 Mbps device is connected to the correspo nding port, but no activity Green Flashing Data is being transmitted or re ...
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2.3.2 Rear Panel The rear panel of TL-SG3424P features a pow er socket and a Grounding T erminal (marked with ). Figure 2-2 Rear Panel ¾ Grounding T erminal: TL-SG3424P already comes with Lightning Protection Mechanism. Y ou can also ground the switch through the PE (Protecti ng Earth) cable of AC cord or with Groun d Cable. For detail information ...
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Chapter 3 Login to the Switch 3.1 Login 1) T o access the configurat ion utility , open a web-browser and type in the default address http://192.168.0.1 in the address field of the browser , then press the Enter key . Figure 3-1 Web-browser Tips: T o log in to the switch, the IP address of your PC should be set in the same subnet addresses of the s ...
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Figure 3-3 Main Setup-Menu Note: Clicking Apply can only make the new conf igurations effective before the switch is rebooted. If you want to keep the configur ations effective even the swit ch is rebooted, please click Save Config . Y ou are suggested to click Save Config before cutting off the power or rebooting the switch to avoid losing the new ...
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Chapter 4 System The System module is mainly for system confi guration of the switch, including four submenus: System Info , User Management, System T ools and Access Security . 4.1 System Info The System Info, mainly for basic proper ties configuration, can be implemented on System Summary , Device Description , Sy stem Time , Daylight Saving Ti m ...
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Indicates the SFP port is not connected to a device. Indicates the SFP port is at the speed of 1000Mbps. Indicates the SFP port is at the speed of 100Mbps. When the cursor moves on the port, the detailed information of the port will be displayed. Figure 4-2 Port Information ¾ Port Info Port: Displays the port number of the switch. Ty p e : Display ...
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Rx: Select Rx to display the bandwidth utilization of receiving p ackets on this port. Tx: Select Tx to display the bandwi dth utilization of sending p ackets on this port. 4.1.2 Device Description On this page you can configur e the description of t he switch, includin g device name, de vice location and system contact. Choose the menu System → ...
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Figure 4-5 System T ime The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Tim e I nf o Current System Date: Displays the current date and time of the switch. Current Time Source: Displays the current time source of the switch. ¾ Time Config Manual: When this option is selected, you can set the date and time manually . Get Time from NTP Server ...
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Choose the menu System → Sy stem Info → Da ylight Saving T ime to load the following page. Figure 4-6 Daylight Saving T ime The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ DST Config DST St atus: Enable or disable the DST . Predefined Mode: Select a predefined DST configuration. z USA: First Sunday in April, 02:00 ~ Last Sunday in Octobe ...
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Note: 1. When the DST is disabl ed, the predefined mode, recu rring mode and date mode cannot be configured. 2. When the DST is enabled, the default daylight saving time is of Europe in predefined mode. 4.1.5 System IP Each device in the network possesses a unique IP Address. Y ou can log on to the Web management page to operate the switch using th ...
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Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask of the switch. Default Gateway: Enter the default gateway of the switch. Note: 1. Changing the IP address to a different IP segment will interrupt the network communication, so please keep the new IP address in the sa me IP segment with the local network. 2. The switch o nly possesses an IP address. The IP address ...
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Figure 4-9 User Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ User Info User Name: Create a name for users’ login. Access Level: Select the access level to login. z Admin: Admin can edit, modify and view all the settings of different functions. z Guest: Guest only can view the settings without the right to edit and modify . User S ...
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4.3 System T ools The System T ools function, allo wing you to manage the configurat ion file of the switch, can be implemented on Config Restore , Config Backup , Firmware Upgrade , System Reboot and Syst em Reset p ages. 4.3.1 Config Restore On this page you can upload a backup configuration file to restore your switch to this previous configurat ...
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Figure 4-1 1 Config Backup The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Config Backup Backup Config: Click the Backup Config button to save the current configuration as a file to your computer . Y ou ar e suggested to ta ke this measur e before upgrading. Note: It will take a few minutes to backup the configuration. Pleas e wait without a ...
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5. Y ou are suggested to backup t he configuration before upgrading. 4.3.4 System Reboot On this page you can reboot the switch and return to the login page. Please save the current configuration before rebooting to avoi d losing the configuration unsaved Choose the menu System → Sy stem T ools → System Reboot to load the following page. Figure ...
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Figure 4-15 Access Control The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Access Control Config Control Mode: Select the control mode for users to log on to the W eb management page. z IP-based: Select this option to limit the IP-range of the users for login. z MAC-based: Select this option to limit the MAC Address of the users for login. z ...
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Session Timeout: If you do nothing with the Web management page within the timeout time, the system will log out automatically . If you want to reconfigure, pl ease login again. ¾ Access User Number Number Control ； Select Enable/Disable the Nu mber Control function. Admin Number: Enter the maximum number of t he users logging on to the Web mana ...
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Figure 4-16 SSL Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Global Config SSL: Select Enable/Disable the SSL function on the switch. ¾ Certificate Download Certificate File: Select the desired certificate to download to the switch. The certificate must be BASE64 encoded. ¾ Key Download Key File: Select the desired SSL Key to dow ...
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information in a remote management being leaked. Comprising server and client, SSH has two versi ons, V1 and V2 which are not compatible with each other . In the communication, SSH server and client can auto-negotia te the SSH version and the encryption algorithm. After getting a successful negotiation, the client sends authentication request to th ...
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Key T ype: Select the type of SSH Key to download. The switch supports three types: SSH-1 RSA, SSH-2 RSA and SSH-2 DSA. Key File: Select the desired key file to download. Download: Click the Download button to downlo ad the desired key file to the switch. Note: 1. Please ensure the key length of the downloaded file is in the range of 256 to 3072 bi ...
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Application Example 2 for SSH: ¾ Network Requirements 1. Log on to the switch via password authentic ation using SSH and the SSH function is enabled on the switch. 2. PuTTY client sof tware is recommended. ¾ Configuration Procedure 1. Select the key type and key length, and generate SSH key . Note: 1. The key length is in the range of 256 to 3072 ...
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3. On the Web management page of the switch, download the public key file saved in the computer to the switch. Note: 1. 1. The key type should accord with the type of the key file. 2. 2. The SSH key downloading cannot be interrupted. 4. Download the private key f ile to SSH client software. 29 ...
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5. After the public key and private key are dow nl oaded, please log on to the interface of PuTTY and enter the IP address for login. After successful authentication, pl ease enter the login user name. If you log on to the switch without entering password, it indicates t hat the key has been successfully downloaded. Return to CONTENTS 30 ...
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Chapter 5 Switching Switching module is used to conf igure the basic functi ons of the switch, in cluding four submenus: Port , LAG , T raffic Monitor and MAC Address . 5.1 Port The Port function, allowing you to configure the basic features fo r the port, is implemented on the Port Config , Port Mirror , Port Security , Port Isolation and Loopback ...
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Port: Displays the port number . Description: Give a description to the port for identification. Statu s: Allows you to Enable/Dis able the port. When Enable is selected, the port can forward the packet s normally . Speed and Duplex: Select the S peed and Duplex mode for the port. The device connected to the switch shoul d be in the same S peed and ...
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Group: Displays the mirror group number . Mirroring: Displays the mirroring port number . Mode: Displays the mirror mode, the value can be "Ingress", "Egress", "Both" or "None". Mirrored Port: Displays the mirrored ports. Operation: Click Edit to configure the mirror group. Click Edit to display the following ...
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¾ Mirrored Port Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Select: Select the desired port as a mirrored port. It is multi-optional. Port: Displays the port number . Ingress: Select Enable/Disable the Ingress feature. When the Ingress is enabled, the incoming packet s received ...
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Figure 5-4 Port Security The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Port Security Select: Select the desired port for Port Security configuration. It is multi-optional. Port: Displays the port number . Max Learned MAC: S pecify the maximum number of MAC addresses that can be learned on the port. Learned Num: Displays the number of MAC a ...
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Note: 1. The Port Security function is disabled for the LAG port member . Only the port is removed from the LAG , will the Port Security function be available for the port. 2. The Port Security function is dis abled when the 802.1X function is enabled. 5.1.4 Port Isolation Port Isolation provides a method of restricting traffic flow to improve the ...
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¾ Port Isolation List Port: Display the port number . Forward Portlist: Display the forwardlist. 5.1.5 Loopback Detection With loopback detection feature enabled, the swit ch can detect loops using loopback detection packet s. When a loop is detected, the switch will di splay an alert or further block the corresponding port according to the port c ...
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LoopbackDetection Statu s: Here you can enable o r disabl e Loopback Detection function globally . Detection Interval: Set a Loopback Detection interval between 1 and 1000 seconds. By default, it’s 30 seconds. Automatic Recovery Tim e : T ime after which the blocked port would automatically recover to normal status. It can be set as int egral tim ...
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z If the ports, which are enabled for the GVRP , 802.1Q VLAN , V oice VLAN , STP , QoS , DHC P Snooping and Port Configuration ( S peed and Duplex , Flow Control ), are in a LAG , their configurations should be the same. z The ports, which are enabled for the Port Security , Port Mirror , MAC Address Filtering , St atic MAC Address Binding and 802. ...
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results in choosing a port to transfer the p ackets. z SRC MAC + DST MAC: When this option is selected, the Aggregate Arithmetic w ill apply to the source and destination MAC addresses of the packets. z SRC IP + DST IP: When this option is selected, the Aggregate Arithmetic w ill apply to the source and destination IP addresses of the p ackets. ¾ ...
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Figure 5-9 Manually Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ LAG Config Group Number: Select a Group Number for the LAG . Description: Displays the description of LAG . ¾ LAG T able Member Port: Select the p ort as the LAG member . Clearing all the ports o f the LAG will delete this LAG . Tips: 1. The LAG can be deleted by cle ...
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aggregation group. In an aggr egation group, the port with smalle r port priority will be considered as the preferred one. If the two port prioriti es are equal, the port with smaller port number is preferred. After an aggregation group is es tablished, the selected ports can be aggregated together as one port to transmit packe ts. On this page, yo ...
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on the port number you entered. Select: Select the desired port for LACP conf iguration. It is multi-optional. Port: Displays the port number . Admin Key: S pecify an Admin Key for the port. The member port s in a dynamic aggregation group must have the same Admin Key . Port Priority: S pecify a Port Priority for the port. This value determines the ...
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Figure 5-1 1 T raffic Summary The following ent ries are displaye d on this screen: ¾ Auto Refresh Auto Refresh: Allows you to Enable/Disable refreshing the Traf fic Summary automatically . Refresh Rate: Enter a value in seconds to specify the refresh interval. ¾ T raffic Summary Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the correspond ...
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5.3.2 T raffic S t atistics T raffic S tatistics screen displays the detailed traf fic information of each port, which facilitates you to monitor the traffic and locate fault s promptly . Choose the menu Sw itch ing → T raffic Monitor → T raffic St ati stics to load the following page. Figure 5-12 T raffic S tatistics The following ent ries are ...
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transmitted on the port. The erro r frames are not counted in. Unicast: Displays the number of good unicast packets received o r transmitted on the port. The erro r frames are not counted in. Alignment Errors: Displays the number of the rece ived packet s that have a bad Frame Check Sequence (FCS) with a non-integral octet (Alignment Error). The le ...
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Ty p e Configuration W ay Aging out Being kept af ter reboot (if the configuration is saved) Relationship between the bound MAC address and the port Dynamic Address T able Automatically learning Y es No The bound MAC address can be learned by the other ports in the same VLAN. Filtering Address T able Manually configuring No Y es - T able 5-1 T ypes ...
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¾ Search Option MAC Address: Enter the MAC address of your desired entry . VLAN ID: Enter the VLAN ID of your desired entry . Port: Select the corresponding port number of your desired entry . Ty p e : Select the type of your des ired entry . z All: This option allows the address table to display all the address entries. z S tatic: This option all ...
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Figure 5-14 S tatic Address The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Create St atic Address MAC Address: Enter the static MAC Address to be bound. VLAN ID: Enter the corresponding VLAN ID of the MAC address. Port: Select a port from the pull-down list to be bound. ¾ Search Option Search Option: Select a Search Option from the pull-do ...
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Ty p e : Displays the T ype of the MAC addres s. Aging St atus: Displays the Aging S tatus of the MAC address. Note: 1. If the corresponding port number of the MAC address is not co rrect, or the connected port (or the device) has been changed, t he switch cannot be forward the packets correctly . Please reset the static address entry appropriately ...
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Figure 5-15 Dynamic Address The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Aging Config Auto Aging: Allows you to Enable/Disable t he Auto Aging feature. Aging Time: Enter the Aging T ime for the dynamic address. ¾ Search Option Search Option: Select a Search Option fr om the pull-down list and click the Search button to find your desired ...
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address to the corresponding port statically . It is multi-optional. MAC Address: Displays the dynamic MAC Address. VLAN ID: Displays the corresponding VLAN ID of the MAC address. Port: Displays the correspondi ng por t number of the MAC address. Ty p e : Displays the T ype of the MAC addres s. Aging St atus: Displays the Aging S tatus of the MAC a ...
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¾ Create Filtering Address MAC Address: Enter the MAC Address to be filtered. VLAN ID: Enter the corresponding VLAN ID of the MAC address. ¾ Search Option Search Option: Select a Search Option fr om the pull-down list and click the Search button to find your desired entry in the Filtering Add ress T able. z MAC: Enter the MAC address of your desi ...
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Chapter 6 VLAN The traditional Ethernet is a data network communication technology based on CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect) vi a shared communication medium. Through the traditional Ethernet, the overfull hosts in LAN will result in serious collis ion, flooding broadcasts, poor performance or even break down of the Internet ...
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packet s of different VLANs. The switch c an analyze the received untagged p ackets on the port and match the packet s with the MAC VLAN, Protocol VLAN and 802.1Q VLAN in turn. If a packet is matched, the switch will add a corresponding VLAN tag to it and forward it in the corresponding VLAN. 6.1 802.1Q VLAN VLAN tags in the packet s are necessary ...
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（ 2 ） TRUNK: The TRUNK port can be added in multiple VL ANs, and the egress rule of the port is T AG . The TRUNK port is generally used to conn ect the cascaded network devices for it can receive and forward the packets of multiple VLANs. When the p ackets are forwarded by the TRUNK port, it s VLAN tag will not be changed. （ 3 ） GENERAL: Th ...
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IEEE 802.1Q VLAN functi on is implemented on the VLAN Config and Port Config pages. 6.1.1 VLAN Config On this page, you can view the current created 802.1Q VLAN. Choose the menu VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN → VLAN Config to load the following page. Figure 6-3 VLAN T able T o ensure the normal communication of the factory sw itch, the default VLAN of all ...
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Figure 6-4 Create or Modify 802.1Q VLAN The following ent ries are displaye d on this screen: ¾ VLAN Config VLAN ID: Enter the ID number of VLAN. Description: Give a description to the VLAN for identification. Check: Click the Check button to check whether the VLAN ID you entered is valid or not. ¾ VLAN Members Port Select: Click the Select butto ...
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Egress Rule: Select the Egress Rule for the VLAN port member . The default egress rule is UNT AG . z T AG: All packe ts forwarded by the port are tagged. The packet s contain VLAN information. z UNT AG: Packets forwarded by the port are untagged. LAG: Displays the LAG to which the port belongs. 6.1.2 Port Config Before creating the 802.1Q VLAN, ple ...
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Link T ype: Select the Link T ype from t he pull-down list for the port. z ACCESS: The ACCESS port can be added in a single VLAN, and the egress rule of the port is UNT AG . The PVID is same as the current VLAN ID. If the current VLAN is deleted, the PVID will be set to 1 by default. z TRUNK: The TRUNK port can be added in multiple VLANs, and the e ...
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Ste p Operation Description 2 Create VLAN. Required. On the VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN → VLAN Config page, click the Create button to create a VLAN. Enter the VLAN ID and the description for the VLAN. Meanwhile, specify its member ports. 3 Modify/View VLAN. Optional. On the VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN → VLAN Config pa ge, click the Edit/Det ail button to mo ...
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Figure 6-7 Create and View MAC VLAN The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ VLAN T able MAC Address: Enter the MAC address. Description: Give a description to the MA C addres s for identification. VLAN ID: Enter the ID number of the MAC VLAN. This VLAN should be one o f the 802.1Q VLANs the ingress port belongs to. ¾ MAC VLAN T able ...
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special fields. If a packet is matched, the switch will add a corresponding VLAN tag to it automatically and thus the data of specific protocol can be automatically assigned to the corresponding VLAN for transmission. The netwo rk administrator can ma nage network clients based on their specific app lications and services through protocol VLAN. ¾ ...
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matching eigenvalues of two encapsulation formats. ¾ The Procedure for the Switch to Identify Packet Protoco l ¾ The Implement ation of Protocol VLAN This switch can match p ackets through protocol template and transmit packet s in the specific VLAN according to the protocol. Protocol templa te, comprising encapsulation format and protocol type, ...
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The packet in Protocol VLAN is processed in the following way: VLAN packets are processed in the following way: 1. When receiving an untagged packet, the switch matches the packet with the current Protocol VLAN. If the packet is matched, the switch will add a corresponding Protocol VLAN tag to it. If no Protocol VLAN is matched, t he switch will ad ...
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Figure 6-9 Create Protocol VLAN The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Protocol Group Config Protocol: Select the defined protocol template. VLAN ID: Enter the ID number of the Protocol VLAN. This VLAN should be one of the 802.1Q VLANs the ingress port belongs to. ¾ Protocol Group Member Select your desired port for Protocol VLAN G ...
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Figure 6-10 Create and View Protocol T emplate The following entries are displayed on this s creen: ¾ Create Protocol T emplate Protocol Name: Give a name for the Protocol T emplate. Ether T ype: Enter the Ethernet protocol type field in the protocol template. Frame T ype: Select a Frame T ype for the Protocol T emplate. ¾ Protocol T emplate T ab ...
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Ste p Operation Description 2 Create VLAN. Required. On the VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN → VLAN Config page, click the Create button to create a VLAN. Enter the VLAN ID and the description for the VLAN. Meanwhile, specify its member ports. 3 Create Protocol T emplate. Required. On the VLAN → Protocol VLAN → Protocol Te m p l a t e page, create the Pr ...
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¾ Configuration Procedure z Configure Switch A Ste p Operation Description 1 Configure the Link T ype of the ports Required. On VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN → Port Config page, configure the link type of Port 2, Port 3 and Port 4 as ACCESS, TRUNK and ACCESS respectively 2 Create VLAN10 Required. On VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN → VLAN Config page, create a VLA ...
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z Notebook A and Notebook B, spec ial for meeting room, are of two different departments; z The two departments are in VLAN10 and VLAN 20 respectively . The two notebooks can just access the server of their own departments, that is, Server A and Server B, in the two meeting rooms; z The MAC address of Notebook A is 00-19-56-8A-4C-71, Notebook B’s ...
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z Configure Switch B Ste p Operation Description 1 Configure the Link T ype of the ports Required. On VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN → Port Config page, configure the link type of Port 21 and Port 22 as GENERAL and TRUNK respectively . 2 Create VLAN10 Required. On VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN → VLAN Config page, create a VLAN with its VLANID as 10, owning Port 2 ...
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¾ Configuration Procedure z Configure Switch A Ste p Operation Description 1 Configure the Link T ype of the ports Required. On VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN → Port Config page, configure the link type of Port 1 1 and Port 13 as ACCESS, and configure the link type of Port 12 as GENERAL. 2 Create VLAN10 Required. On VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN → VLAN Config pa ...
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Ste p Operation Description 5 Create Protocol VLAN 10 On VLAN → Protocol VLAN → Protocol Group p age, create protocol VLAN 10 with Protocol as IP and tick Port 3. 6 Create Protocol VLAN 20 On VLAN → Protocol VLAN → Protocol Group p age, create protocol VLAN 20 with Protocol as AppleT alk and tick Port 3. 6.7 GVRP GVRP (GARP VLAN Registratio ...
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• Leave Timer: When a GARP entity expects to deregister a piece of attribute information, it sends out a Leave message. Any GA RP entity receiving this message starts its Leave timer, and deregisters the attribute information if it does not receives a Join message again befor e the timer times out. • LeaveAll Timer: Once a GARP entity starts up ...
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Figure 6-1 1 GVRP Config Note: If the GVRP feature is enabled for a member port of LAG , please ensure all the member ports of this LAG are set to be in the same status and registration mode. The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Global Config GVRP: Allows you to Enable/Disabl e the GVRP function. ¾ Port Config Port Select: Click ...
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VLANs. It only propagates VLAN 1 information. LeaveAll Timer: Once the LeaveAll T imer is set, the port with GVRP enabled can send a LeaveAll message after the timer ti mes out, so that other GARP ports can re-register all the attri bute information. After that, the LeaveAll timer will start to begin a new cycle. The LeaveAll T imer ranges from 100 ...
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Chapter 7 S p anning T r ee STP (S panning T ree P rotocol), subject to IEEE 802.1 D standard, is to disbranch a ring network in the Data Link layer in a local netwo rk. Devices running STP discover loops in the network and block ports by exchanging inf ormation, in that way , a ring net work can be di sbranched t o form a tree-topologi cal ring-fr ...
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port of switch C. Figure 7-1 Basic STP diagram ¾ STP T imers Hello T ime: Hello T ime ranges from 1 to 10 seconds. It specifie s the interval to send BPDU packets. It is used to test the links. Max. Age: Max. Age ranges from 6 to 40 sec onds. It specifies the maximum time the switch can wait without receiving a BPDU before attempting to reconfigur ...
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z In the beginning In the beginning, each switch regards itself as the root, and generates a configuration BPDU for each port on it as a root, with the root path cost being 0, the ID of the designated bridge being that of the switch, and the designated port being itself. z Comparing BPDUs Each switch sends out configur ation BPDUs and receives a co ...
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RSTP (R apid S p annin g T ree Pro tocol) , evo lved f rom t he 802 .1D STP standard, enable Ethernet ports to transit their states rapidl y . The premises for the port in the RSTP to transit its state rapidly are as follows. z The condition for the root port to transit its port state rapidly: The old root port of the switch stops forwarding data a ...
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Figure 7-2 Basic MSTP diagram ¾ MSTP MSTP divides a network into several MST r egions. The CST is generat ed betwee n these MST regions, and multiple spanning trees can be gener ated in each MST region. Each spanning tree is called an instance. As well as STP , MSTP us es BPDUs to generate sp anning tree. The only difference is that the BPD U for ...
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Figure 7-3 Port roles The S panning T ree module is mainly for spanning tree configuration of the switch, including four submenus: STP Config , Port Config , MSTP Inst ance and STP Security . 7.1 STP Config The STP Config function, for global configuration of spanning trees on the switch, can be implemented on STP Config and STP Summary pages. 7.1. ...
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Figure 7-4 STP Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Global Config STP: Select Enable/Disable STP f unction globally on the switch. V ersion: Select the desired STP version on the switch. z STP: S panning T ree Protocol. z RSTP: Rapid S panning T ree Protocol. z MSTP: Multiple S panning T ree Protocol. ¾ Parameters Config C ...
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that occur in a specific region before the BPDU is discarded. The default value is 20 hops. Note: 1. The forward delay parameter and the network dia meter are correlated. A t oo small forward delay parameter may result in temporary loops. A too large forward delay may cause a network unable to resume the normal state in time. The default value is r ...
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Figure 7-5 STP Summary 7.2 Port Config On this page you can c onfigure the parameters of t he ports for CIST Choose the menu Sp anning T ree → Port Config to load the following page. 85 ...
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Figure 7-6 Port Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Port Config Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Select: Select the desired port for STP conf iguration. It is multi-optional. Port: Displays the port number of the switch. Statu s: Select Enable ...
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z Designated Port: Indicates the port that forwards packets to a downstream network segment or switch. z Master Port: Indicates the port t hat co nnects a MST region to the common root. The path fr om the master port to the common root is the shortest path between this MST region and the common root. z Alternate Port: Indicates the por t that can b ...
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Figure 7-7 Region Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Region Config Region Name: Create a name for MST region identif ication using up to 32 characters. Revision: Enter the revision from 0 to 6553 5 for MST region identification. 7.3.2 Inst ance Config Instance Configuration, a property of MST regi on, is used to describe ...
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¾ Inst ance T able Inst ance ID Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding Instance ID based on the ID number you entered. Select: Select the desired Instance ID for c onfiguration. It is multi-optional. Inst ance: Displays Instance ID of th e switch. Statu s: Select Enable/Dis able the instance. Priority: Enter the priority ...
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Figure 7-9 Instance Port Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Port Config Inst ance ID: Select the desired inst ance ID for its port configuration. Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Select: Select the desired port to specify its priority and pat ...
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Note: The port status of one port in dif ferent spanning tree instances can be different. Global configuration Procedure for S panning T ree function: Ste p Operation Description 1 Make clear roles the switches play in spanning tree instances: root bridge or designated bridge Preparation. 2 Globally configure MSTP parameters Required. Enable S pann ...
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Wrong configuration or malicious attacks may resu lt in configuration BPD U p ackets with higher priorities being received by the legal root bridge, which causes the cu rrent legal root bridge to lose its position and network topology jitter to occur . In this case, flows that should travel along high-speed links may lead to low-speed lin ks, and n ...
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Figure 7-10 Port Protect The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Port Protect Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Select: Select the desired port for port protect configuratio n. It is multi-optional. Port: Displays the port number of the switch. Loop Prote ...
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7.4.2 TC Protect When TC Protect is enabled for the port on Port Protect page, the TC threshold and TC protect cycle need to be configured on this page. Choose the menu Sp anning T ree → STP Security → TC Protect to load the following p age. Figure 7-1 1 TC Protect The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ TC Protect TC Threshold: ...
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¾ Configuration Procedure z Configure Switch A: Ste p Operation Description 1 Configure ports On VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN page, configure the link type of the related ports as T runk, and add the ports to VLAN 101-VLAN 106. The detailed instructions can be found in the section 802.1Q VLAN. 2 Enable STP function On Spannin g T ree → STP Config → ST ...
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z Configure Switch C: Ste p Operation Description 1 Configure ports On VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN page, configure the link type of the related ports as T runk, and add the ports to VLAN 101-VLAN 106. The detailed instructions can be found in the section 802.1Q VLAN . 2 Enable STP function On Spannin g T ree → STP Config → STP Config p age, enable STP ...
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z For Instance 2 (VLAN 102, 104 and 106), the blue paths in the following figure are connected links; the gray paths ar e the blocked links. ¾ Suggestion for Configuration z Enable TC Protect functio n for all the ports of switches. z Enable Root Protect function for a ll the ports of root bridges. z Enable Loop Protect function for the non-edge p ...
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Chapter 8 Multicast ¾ Multicast Overview In the network, packet s are sent in three modes: unicast, broadcas t and multicast. In unicast, the source server sends separate copy information to each receiver . When a large number of users require this information, the serv er must send many pieces of info rmation with the same content to the users. T ...
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¾ Multicast Address 1. Multicast IP Address: As specified by IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), Class D IP addresses are used as destination addresses of multic ast packets. The multicast IP addresses range from 224.0.0.0~239.255.255.255. The following table displays the range and description of several special multicast IP addresses. Mul ...
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¾ IGMP Snooping In the network, the hosts apply to the near Router for joining (leaving) a multicast group by sending IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) me ssages. When the up-str eam device forwards down the multicast data, the switch is responsible for sending them to the hosts. IG MP Sn oopin g i s a multicast contr ol mechanism, which c ...
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3. IGMP Leave Message The host, running IGMPv1, does not send IGMP l eave message when leaving a multicast group, as a result, the switch cannot get the leave info rmation of the host momentarily . However , after leaving the multicast group, the host does not send IGMP report message any more, so the switch will remove the port from the correspond ...
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Figure 8-4 Basic Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Global Config IGMP Snooping: Select Enable/Disable IGMP S nooping function globally on the switch. Unknown Multicast: Select the operation for the swit ch to process unknown m ulticast, Forward or Discard. ¾ IGMP Snooping S tatus Description: Displays IGMP Snooping stat ...
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Figure 8-5 Port Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Port Config Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Select: Select the desired port for IGMP Snooping feature conf iguration. It is multi-optional. Port: Displays the port of the switch. IGMP Snoopi ...
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Figure 8-6 VLAN Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ VLAN Config VLAN ID: Enter the VLAN ID to enable IGMP Snooping for the desired VLAN. Router Port Time: S pecify the aging time of the router port. Within this time, if the switch doesn’t receive IGMP query message from the router p ort, it will consider this port is not ...
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Router Port: Displays the router port of the VLAN. Note: The settings here will be invalid when multicast VLAN is enabled Configuration procedure: Ste p Operation Description 1 Enable IGMP Snooping function Required. Enable IGMP Snooping globally on the switch and for the port on Multicast → IGMP Snooping → Snooping Config and Port Config page. ...
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The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Multicast VLAN Multicast VLAN: Select Enable/Disable Multicast VLAN feature. VLAN ID: Enter the VLAN ID of the multicas t VLAN. Router Port Time: S pecify the aging time of the router port. Within this time, if the switch doesn’t receive IGMP query message from the router p ort, it will consi ...
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Ste p Operation Description 3 Configure p arameters for multicast VLAN Optional. Enable and configur e a multicast VLAN on the Multicast → IGMP Snoo ping → Multicast VLAN page. It is recommended to keep the default time parameters. 4 Look over the configuration If it is successfully configured, the VLAN ID of the multicast VLAN will be displaye ...
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Ste p Operation Description 1 Create VLANs Create three VLANs with the VLAN ID 3, 4 and 5 respectively , and specify the description of VL AN3 as Multicast VLAN on VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN page. 2 Configure ports On VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN function pages. For port 3, configure its link type as GENERAL and its egress rule as T AG , and add it to VLAN3, VLA ...
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The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Search Option Multicast IP: Enter the multicast IP address the desired entry must carry . VLAN ID: Enter the VLAN ID the desired entry must carry . Port: Select the port number the desired entry must carry . Ty p e : Select the type the desired entry must carry . z All: Displays all multicast I ...
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The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Create St atic Multicast Multicast IP: Enter static multicast IP address. VLAN ID: Enter the VLAN ID of the multicas t IP . Forward Port: Enter the forward port of the multicast group. ¾ Search Option Search Option: Select the rules for displaying multicast IP t able to find the desired entrie ...
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Figure 8-10 Multicast Filter The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Create IP-Range IP Range ID : Enter the IP- range ID. St art Multicast IP: Enter start multicast IP of the IP-range you set. End Multicast IP: Enter end multicast IP of the IP-range you set. ¾ IP-Range T able IP-Range ID Select: Click the Select button to quick-sel ...
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Figure 8-1 1 Port Filter The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Port Filter Config Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Select: Select the desired port for multicas t filtering. It is multi-optional. Port: Displays the port numbe r . Filter: Select Enable/D ...
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Configuration Procedure: Ste p Operation Description 1 Configure IP-Range Required. C onfigur e IP-Range to be filtered on Multicast → Multicast Filter → IP-Range page. 2 Configure multicast filter rules for ports Optional. Configure multicast filter rules for ports on Multicast → Multicast Filter → Port Filter page. 8.4 Packet S t atistics ...
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¾ IGMP S tatistics Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Port: Displays the port number of the switch. Query Packet: Displays the number of query packet s the port received. Report Packet (V1): Displays the number of IGMPv1 report packet s the port received. Report Packet ...
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Chapter 9 QoS QoS (Quality of Service) functi ons to provide different quality of service for various network applications and requirements and optim ize the bandwidth resource dist ribution so as to provide a network service experience of a better quality . ¾ QoS This switch classifies the ingr ess packets, map s the packet s to different priorit ...
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Figure 9-2 802.1Q frame As shown in the figure above, each 802.1Q T ag ha s a Pri field, comprising 3 bits. The 3-bit priority field is 802.1p priority in the range of 0 to 7. 802.1P priority determi nes the priority of the packet s based on the Pri value. On the Web management page of the switch, you can configure different priority tags mapping t ...
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Figure 9-4 SP-Mode 2. WRR-Mode: We ight Round Robin Mod e. In this mode, packe ts in all the queues are sent in order based on the weight value for each queue and every queue can be assured of a certain service time. The weight value indicates the occupied proportion of the resource. WRR queue overcomes the disadvantage of SP queue that the packets ...
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The QoS module is mainly for traffic control and priority configuration, including three submenus: DiffServ , Bandwidth Control and V oice VLAN . 9.1 DiffServ This switch classifies the ingr ess packets, map s the packet s to different priority queues and then fo rwar ds th e pac ke ts ac cor din g to sp eci fi ed scheduli ng algorithms to implemen ...
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Configuration Procedure: Ste p Operation Description 1 Select the port priority Required. On QoS → DiffServ → Port Priority page, configure the port priority . 2 Configure the mapping relation between the 802.1P priority and TC Required. On QoS → DiffServ → 802.1P/CoS mapping page, configure the mappi ng relation between the 802.1P priority ...
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DSCP Priority: Select Enable or Disable DSCP Priority . ¾ Priority Level DSCP: Indicates the priority determined by the DS region of IP da tagram. It ranges from 0 to 63. Priority: Indicates the 802.1P priority the p ackets with tag are mapped to. The priorities are labeled as CoS0 ~ CoS7. Configuration Procedure: Ste p Operation Description 1 Con ...
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The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Priority and CoS-mapping Config T ag-id/Cos-id: Indicates the precedence level defined by IEEE802.1P and the CoS ID. Queue TC-id: Indicates the priority level of egress queue the packet s with tag and CoS-id are mapped to. The priority levels of egress queue are labeled as TC0, TC1, TC2 and TC3 ...
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SP+WRR-Mode: S trict-Priority + Weight Round R obin Mode. In this mode, this switch provides two scheduling groups, SP g roup and WRR group. Queues in SP group and WRR group are scheduled strictly based on strict-priority mode while the queues inside WRR g roup follow the WRR mode. In SP+WRR m ode, TC3 is in the SP group; TC0, TC1 and TC2 belong to ...
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The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Rate Limit Config Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Select: Select the desired port for Rate conf iguration. It is multi-optional. Port: Displays the port number of the switch. Ingress Rate (Kbps): Configure the ban ...
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Figure 9-1 1 S torm Control The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Storm Control Config Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Select: Select the desired port for S tor m Control configuration. It is multi-optional. Port: Displays the port number of the switc ...
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9.3 V oice V LAN V oice VLANs are configured spec ially for voice data stream. By configuring V oice VLANs and adding the ports with voice devices attached to voic e VLANs, you can perform QoS-related configuration for voice data, ens uring the transmission priority of voice data stream and voice quality . ¾ OUI Address (Organizationally unique i ...
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Port V oice VLAN Mode V oice Stream T y pe Link type of the port and processing mode ACCESS: Not supported. TRUNK: Supported. The default VL AN of the port can not be voice VLAN. TA G v o i c e stream GENERAL: Supported. The defaul t VLAN of the port can not be voice VLAN and the egress rule of the access port in the default VLAN should be T AG . A ...
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Note: Don’t transmit voice stream toget her with other business packet s in the voice VLAN except for some special requirements. The V oice VLAN functi on can be implemented on Global Config, Port Config and OUI Config pages. 9.3.1 Global Config On this page, you can configure the global pa rameters of the voice VLAN, including VLAN ID, aging tim ...
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Figure 9-13 Port Config Note: T o enable voice VLAN function for the LAG member port, please ensure its member state accords with its port mode. If a port is a member port of voice VLAN, changing its port mode to be “Auto” will make the port leave the voice VLAN and will not join the voice VLAN automatically until it re ceives voice streams. Th ...
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Security Mode: Configure the security mode for forwarding packets. z Disable: All packets are fo rwarded. z Enable: Only voice data are forwarded. Member St ate: Displays the state of the port in the current voice VLAN. LAG: Displays the LAG number which the port belongs to. 9.3.3 OUI Config The switch supports OUI create and add the MAC addr ess o ...
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Mask: Displays the OUI address mask of the voice device. Description: Displays the description of the OUI. Configuration Procedure of V oice VLAN: Ste p Operation Description 1 Configure the link type of the port Required. On VLAN → 802.1Q VLAN → Port Config page, configure the link type of ports of the voice device. 2 Create VLAN Required. On ...
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Chapter 10 PoE PoE (Power over Ethernet) technology describes a system to transmit electrical power along with data to remote devices over standard twisted-p air cable in an Ethernet net work. It is especially useful for supplying power to IP telephones, wi reless LAN access points, cameras and so on. ¾ Composition A PoE system usually consists of ...
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10.1.1 PoE Config On this page, you can configure the p a rameters to implement PoE function. Choose the menu PoE → PoE Config → PoE Config to load the following p age. Figure 10-1 PoE Config The following items are displayed on this screen: ¾ Global Config Syst em Power Limit: S pecify the max power the PoE switch can supply . Syst em Power C ...
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Power Limit ( 0. 1 w-3 0 w): Defines the max power the corresponding port can supply . Class1 represents 4w , Class2 represents 7w , Class3 represents 15.4w and Class4 represents 30w . Time Range: Select the time range for the PoE port to supply power . If No limit is selected, the PoE port will supply power all the time. PoE Profile: Select the pr ...
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PoE Priority: The priority levels include High, Middle and Low in descendi ng order . Whe n the supply power exceeds the system power limit, the PD linked to the port with lower priority will be disconnected. Power Limit: Defines the max power the corresponding port can supply . Class1 represents 4w , Class2 represents 7w , Class3 represents 15.4w ...
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Slice: Displays the time-slic e of the time-range. Mode: Displays the mode the time-range adopts. Operation: Click Edit to modify this time-range and click Det ail to display the complete information of this time–range. 10.2.2 PoE Time-Range Create On this page you can create time-ranges. Choose the menu PoE → PoE Time-Range → PoE Time-Range ...
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¾ Time-Slice T able Index: Displays the index of the time-slice. St art Time: Displays the start time of the time-slice. End Time: Displays the end time of the time-slice. Delete: Click the Delete button to delete the corresponding time-slice. 10.2.3 PoE Holiday Config Holiday mode is applied as a different secured a ccess control policy from the ...
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Chapter 11 ACL ACL (Access Control List) is used to filter packet s by configuring match rules and process policies of packet s in order to control the access of the illegal users to the network. Besides, ACL functions to control traffic flows and save network resource s. It provides a flex ible and secured access control policy and facilitates you ...
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11.1.2 Time-Range Create On this page you can create time-ranges. Choose the menu ACL → Time-Range → Time-Range Create to load the following p age. Figure 1 1-2 T i me-Range Create Note: T o successfully configure time -ranges, please firstly specify ti me-slices and then time-ranges. The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Creat ...
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End Time: Displays the end time of the time-slice. Delete: Click the Delete button to delete the corresponding time-slice. 11.1.3 Holida y Config Holiday mode is applied as a different secured a ccess control policy from the week mode. On this page you can define holidays according to your work arrangement. Choose the menu ACL → Time-Range → Ho ...
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Stand ar d- IP A CL and Extend-IP ACL pages. 11.2.1 ACL Summary On this page, you can view the curr ent ACLs configured in the switch. Choose the menu ACL → ACL Config → ACL Summary to load the following page. Figure 1 1-4 ACL Summa ry The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Search Option Select ACL: Select the ACL you have creat ...
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11.2.3 MAC ACL MAC ACLs analyze and process packet s based on a se ries of match conditi ons, which can be the source MAC addresses, destination MAC addresse s, VLAN ID, and EtherT ype carried in the packet s. Choose the menu ACL → ACL Config → MAC ACL to load the following page. Figure1 1-6 Create MAC Rule The following entries are displayed o ...
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11.2.4 St andard-IP ACL S tandard-IP ACLs analyze and proces s data packe ts based on a series of ma tch conditions, which can be the source IP addresses and destination IP addresses carried in the packets. Choose the menu ACL → ACL Config → St andard-IP ACL to load the following page. Figure1 1-7 Create S tandard-IP Rule The following entries ...
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Figure1 1-8 Create Extend-IP Rule The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Create Extend-IP ACL ACL ID: Select the desired Extend-I P ACL for configuration. Rule ID: Enter the rule ID. Operation: Select the operation for the switch to process packet s which match the rules. z Permit: Forward packet s. z Deny: Discard Packe ts. S-IP: E ...
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Time-Range: Select the time-range for t he rule to ta ke effect. 11.3 Policy Config A Policy is used to control the data p ackets those match the corresponding ACL rules by configuring ACLs and actions t ogether for effect. The operations here include stream mirror , stream condition, QoS remarking and redirect. The Policy Config can be implemented ...
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Figure 1 1-10 Create Policy The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Create Policy Policy Name: Enter the name of the policy . 11.3.3 Action Create On this page you can add ACLs and creat e corresponding actions for the policy . Choose the menu ACL → Policy Config → Action Create to load the following page . Figure 1 1-1 1 Action ...
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S-Condition: Select S-Condition to limit the transmission rate of the data packet s in the policy . z Rate: S pecify the forwarding ra te of the data p ackets those match the corresponding ACL. z Out of Band: S pecify the dis posal way of the data packet s those are transmitted beyond the rate. Redirect: Select Redirect to change the fo rwarding di ...
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Index: Displays the index of the binding policy . Policy Name: Displays the name of the binding p olicy . Interface: Displays the port number or VLAN ID bound to the policy . Direction: Displays the binding direction. 11.4.2 Port Binding On this page you can bind a policy to a port. Choose the menu ACL → Policy Binding → Port Binding to load th ...
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Figure1 1-14 Bind the policy to the VLAN The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ VLAN-Bind Config Policy Name: Select the name of the po licy you want to bind. VLAN ID: Enter the ID of the VLAN you want to bind. ¾ VLAN-Bind T able Index: Displays the index of the binding policy . Policy Name: Displays the name of the binding p olicy ...
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4. The R&D dep artment and marketing departm ent cannot communicate with each other . ¾ Network Diagram ¾ Configuration Procedure Ste p Operation Description 1 Configure T ime-range On ACL → Time-Range page, create a time-range named work_time. Select Week mode and configure the w eek time from Monday to Friday . Add a time-slice 08:00~18:0 ...
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Ste p Operation Description 3 Configure for requirement 2 and 4 On ACL → ACL Config → ACL Create page, create ACL 100. On ACL → ACL Config → St andard-IP ACL page, select ACL 100, create Rule 1, configure operatio n as Deny , configure S-IP as 172.31.70.1 and mask as 255.255.255. 0, configure D-IP as 172.31.50.1 and mask as 255. 255.255.0, ...
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Chapter 12 Network Security Network Security module is to provide the multip le protection measures fo r the network security , including four submenus: IP-MAC Binding , ARP Inspection , DoS Defend and 80 2.1X . Please configure the functions ap propriate to your need. 12.1 IP-MAC Binding The IP-MAC Binding function allows you to bind the IP addres ...
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The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Search Option Source: Select a Source from the pull-down list and click the Search button to view your desired entry in the Binding T able. z All: All the bound entries will be displayed. z Manual: Only the manually added entries will be displayed. z Scanning: Only the entries formed via ARP Sc ...
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Figure 12-2 Manual Binding The following entries are displayed on this s creen: ¾ Manual Binding Option Host Name: Enter the Host Name. IP Address: Enter the IP Address of the Host. MAC Address: Enter the MAC Address of the Host. VLAN ID: Enter the VLAN ID. Port: Select the number of por t connected to the Host. Protect T ype: Select the Protect T ...
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12.1.3 ARP Scanning ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is u sed to analyze and map IP addresses to the corresponding MAC addresses so that p ackets can be delivered to their destin ations correctly . IP address is the address of the Host on Network layer . MAC address, the address of the Host on Data link layer , is necessary for the packet to reach ...
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Figure 12-4 ARP Scanning The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Scanning Option St art IP Address: S pecify the S tart IP Address. End IP Address: S pecify the End IP Address. VLAN ID: Enter the VLAN ID. If blank, the switch will send the untagged packet s for scanning. Scan: Click the Scan button to scan the Hosts in the LAN. ¾ Sc ...
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network configuration protocol optimized and dev eloped based on the BOOTP , functions to solve the above mentioned problems. ¾ DHCP W orking Principle DHCP works via the “Client/Server” communication mode. The Client applies to the Server for configuration. The Server assigns the configuration information, such as the IP address, to the Clien ...
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Figure 12-6 Interaction between a DHCP client and a DHCP server （ 1 ） DHCP-DISCOVER St age: The Client broadcasts the DHCP-DISCOVER packet to find the DHCP Server . （ 2 ） DHCP-OFFE R St age: Up on receiving the DHCP-DISCOVER packet, the DHCP Server selects an IP address from the IP pool according to the assigning priority of the IP addresse ...
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Option 82 can contain 255 sub-options at most. If Option 82 is defined, at least a sub-option should be defined. This switch s upports two sub-options: Circuit ID and Remote ID. Since there is no universal standard about the content of Op tion 82, different manufacturers define the sub-options of Option 82 to their need. For this switch, the sub-op ...
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Choose the menu Network Security → IP-MAC Binding → Binding T able to load the following page. Figure 12-8 DHCP Snooping Note: If you want to enable the DHCP Snooping feature for the member port of LAG , please ensure the parameters of all the member port s are the same. The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ DHCP Snooping Confi ...
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DHCP Snooping: Enable/Disa ble the DHCP Snooping function globally . Global Flow Control: Select the value to s pecify the maximum amount of DHCP messages that can be forwarded by t he switch per second. The excessive massages will be discarded. Decline Threshold: Select the value to specify the minimum transmission rate o f the Decline packet s to ...
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12.2 ARP Inspection According to the ARP Implement ation Procedure s tated in 12.1.3 ARP Scanning , it can be found that ARP protocol can facilit ate the Hosts in t he same network segment to communicate with one another or access to external network via Gatewa y . However , since ARP protocol is implemented with the premise that all the Hosts and ...
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Figure 12-10 ARP Attack – Cheating Gateway As the above figure shown, the at tacker sends the fake ARP p ackets of Host A to the Gateway , and then the Gateway will automatically update its ARP table after receiving the ARP p ackets. When the Gateway tries to communicate with Ho st A in LAN, it will encapsulate this false destination MAC address ...
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Figure 12-1 1 ARP Attack – Cheating T erminal Hosts As the above figure shown, the atta cker sends the fake ARP packe ts of Host A to Host B, and then Host B will automatically update its ARP table afte r receiving the ARP packets. When Host B tries to communicate with Host A, it will encapsulat e this false destination MAC address for packets, w ...
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Figure 12-12 Man-In-The-Middle Attack Suppose there are three Hosts in LAN connec ted with one another through a switch. Host A: IP address is 192.168.0.101; MAC address is 00-00-00-1 1-1 1-1 1. Host B: IP address is 19 2.168.0. 102; MAC address is 00-00-0 0-22-22-22. Attacker: IP address is 192.168.0.103; MAC address is 00-00-00-33-33-33. 1. First ...
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and the connected Port number of t he Host together when the Host connect s to the switch. Based on the predefined IP-MAC Binding ent ries, the ARP Inspection functi ons to detect the ARP p ackets and filter the illegal ARP packet so as to prevent the network from ARP attacks. The ARP Inspection function is implemented on the ARP Detect , ARP Defen ...
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Configuration Procedure: Ste p Operation Description 1 Bind the IP address, MAC address, VLAN ID and the connected Port number of the Host together . Required. On the IP-MAC Binding page, bind the IP address, MAC address, VLAN ID and the connected Port number of the Host together via Manual Binding, ARP Scanning or DHCP Snooping. 2 Enable the prote ...
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Figure 12-14 ARP Defend The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ ARP Defend Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Select: Select your desired port for confi guration. It is multi-optional. Port: Displays the port number . Defend: Select Enable/Disable the ARP ...
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12.2.3 ARP S t atistics ARP S tatistics feature displays the number of the illegal ARP packe ts received on each port, which facilitates you to locate th e network malfunc tion and take the relat ed protection measures. Choose the menu Network Security → ARP Inspection → ARP Stat is ti cs to load the following page. Figure 12-15 ARP S tatistics ...
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With DoS Defend function enabled, the switch can anal yze the specific fields of the IP p ackets and distinguish the malicious DoS attack p ackets. Up on detecting the packet s, the switch will discard the illegal packet s directly and limit the transmissi on rate of the legal packet s if the over legal packet s may incur a breakdown of the network ...
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Figure 12-16 DoS Defend The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Configure DoS Defend: Enable/Disable DoS Defend function. ¾ Defend T able Select: Select the entry to enable the corresponding Defend T ype. Defend T ype: Displays the Defend T ype name. Tips: Y ou are suggested to take the following furt her step s to ensure the networ ...
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802.1X adopts a client/server architecture with three entities: a supplicant system, an authenticator system, and an authentic ation server system, as shown in the following figure. Figure 12-17 Architecture of 802.1X authentication （ 1 ） Supplicant System: The supplicant system is an entit y in LAN and is authenticated by the authenticator sys ...
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¾ 802.1X Authentication Procedure An 802.1X authentication can be initiated by suppl i cant system or authent icator system. When the authenticator system detec ts an unauthenticated supp licant in LAN, it will initiate the 802.1X authentication by sending EAP-Reque st/Identity packet s to the supp licant. The supplicant system can also launch an ...
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finds the corresponding password by matching the user name in its database, encrypts the password using a randomly-generated key , and sends the key to the switch through an RADIUS Access-Challenge packet. The switch then sends the key to the 802.1X client program. 5. Upon receiving the key (encapsulated in an EAP-Request/MD5 Challenge packet) from ...
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by the authentication server , and th e switch is responsible to encapsu late the authentication packet and forward it to the RADIUS server . ¾ 802.1X Timer In 802.1 x authentication, the fo llowing timers are used to ensure that the supplicant system, the switch, and the RADIUS server interact in an orderly way: （ 1 ） Supplicant system timer ...
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Figure 12-20 Global Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Global Config 802.1X: Enable/Disable the 802.1X function. Authentication Method: Select the Authentication Method from the pull-down list. z EAP-MD5: IEEE 802.1X authentication system uses extensible authentication prot ocol (EAP) to exchange information between the s ...
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not respond to the authent ication request from the same supplicant during the Quiet Period. Retry Times: S pecify the maximum transfe r times of the repeated authentication request. Supplicant Timeout: S pecify the maximum time for the switch to wait for the response from supplicant bef ore resending a request to the supplicant. Server Timeout: Sp ...
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port. Guest VLAN: Select Enable/Disable the Gues t VLAN feature for the port. Control Mode: S pecify the Control Mode for the port. z Auto: In this mode, the port w ill normally work only after passing the 802.1X Aut hentication. z Force-Authorized: In this m ode, the port can work normally without passing the 802. 1X Authentication. z Force-Unauth ...
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Primary IP: Enter the IP address of the authentication server . Secondary IP: Enter the IP address of the al ternate a uthentication server . Authentication Port: Set the UDP port of authentication server(s). The default port is 1812 Authentication KEY : Set the shared password for t he switch and the authentication servers to exchange messages. ¾ ...
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Chapter 13 SNMP ¾ SNMP Overvie w SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) has gained the most extens ive application on the UDP/IP networks. SNMP provides a management frame to monitor and maintain the network devices. It is used for automatica lly managing the various network devices no matter the physical differences of the devices. Curr ently ...
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SNMP v1: SNMP v1 adopts Community Name authentic ation. The community name is used to define the relation between SNMP Management S tation and SNMP Agent. The SNMP packe ts failing to pass community name authentication are discarded. The community name can limit access to SNMP Agent from SNMP NMS, functioning as a password. SNMP v2c: SNMP v2c also ...
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management station. The specif ied User Name and the Auth/Privacy Password are used for SNMP Management S tation to access the SNMP Agent, functioning as the p assword. SNMP module is used to configure the SNMP f unction of the switch, including three submenus: SNMP Config , Notification and RMON . 13.1 SNMP Config The SNMP Config can be implemente ...
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Note: The amount of Engine ID c haracters must be even. 13.1.2 SNM P View The OID (Object Identifier) of t he SNMP packets is used to describe the managed objects of the switch, and the MIB (Management Information Base) is the set of the OIDs. The SNMP View is created for the SNMP management station to manage MIB objects. Choose the menu SNMP → S ...
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13.1.3 SNM P Group On this page, you can co nfigure SNMP Group to control the network access by providing the users in various groups with different management right s via the Read View , Write View and Notify View . Choose the menu SNMP → SNMP Config → SNMP Group to load the following page. Figure 13-5 SNMP Group The following entries are disp ...
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Read Vie w : Select the View to be the Read View . The management access is restricted to read-only , and changes cannot be made to the assigned SNMP V iew . Wri te View : Select the V iew to be the Write V iew . The management access is writing only and changes can be made to th e assigned SNMP V iew . The View defined both as the Read View and th ...
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Figure 13-6 SNMP User The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ User Config User Name: Enter the User Name he re. User T ype: Select the type for the User . z Local User: Indicates that the user is connected to a local SNMP engine. z Remote User: Indicates that the user is connected to a remote SNMP engine. Group Name: Select the Group ...
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¾ User T able Select: Select the desired entry to del ete the corresponding User . It is multi-optional. User Name: Displays the name of the User . User T ype: Displays the User T ype. Group Name: Displays the Group Name of the User . Security Model: Displays the Security Model of the User . Security Level: Displays the Security Level of the User ...
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z read-only: Management right of the Community is restricted to read-only , and changes cannot be m ade to the corresponding View . z read-write: Management right of the Community is read-write and changes can be made to the corresponding View . MIB Vie w : Select the MIB V iew for the community to access. ¾ Community T able Select: Select the des ...
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z If SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c is employed, please take the following step s: Ste p Operation Description 1 Enable SNMP function globally . Required. On the SNMP → SNMP Config → Global Config page, enable SNMP function globally . 2 Create SNMP V iew . Required. On the SNMP → SNMP Config → SNMP View page, create SNMP V iew of the management agent. T ...
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Figure 13-8 Notification Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Create Notification IP Address: Enter the IP Address of the management Host. UDP Port: Enter the number of the UDP port used to send notifications. The UDP port functio ns with the IP address for the notification sending. The default is 162. User: Enter the User ...
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¾ Notification T able Select: Select the desired entry to delete the corresponding management station. IP Address: Displays the IP Address of the management host. UDP Port: Displays the UDP port us ed to send notifications. User: Displays the User name of the management station. Security Model: Displays the Security Model of the management station ...
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The RMON Groups can be configured on the Histor y Control, Event Conf ig and Alarm Config pages. 13.3.1 Histor y Control On this page, you can confi gure the History Group for RMON. Choose the menu SNMP → RMON → History Control to load the following page. Figure 13-9 History Control The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ History ...
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Figure 13-10 Event Config The following entries are displayed on this s creen: ¾ Event T able Select: Select the desired entry for configuration. Index: Displays the index number of the entry . User: Enter the name of the User or the community to which the event belongs. Description: Give a description to the event for identification. Ty p e : Sel ...
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Figure 13-1 1 Alarm Config The following entries are displayed on this s creen: ¾ Alarm T able Select: Select the desired entry for configuration. Index: Displays the index n umber of the entry . Va r i a b l e : Select the alarm variables from the pull-down list. Port: Select the port on which the Alarm entry acts. Sample T ype: S pecify the samp ...
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Interval: Enter the alarm interval time in seconds. Ow ner : Enter the name of the device or user that defined the entry . Statu s: Select Enable/Disable t he corresponding alarm entry . Note: When alarm variables exceed the Threshold on the same direction continuously for several times, an alarm event will only be generated on the first time, that ...
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Chapter 14 LLDP LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) is a Layer 2 protocol that is used for network devices to advertise their own device information periodically to neighbors on the same IEEE 802 local area network. The advertised informati on, including details such as dev ice identification, capabilities and configuration settings, is repr esent ...
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z Tx&Rx: the port can both transmit and receive LLDPDUs. z Rx_Only: the port can receive LLDPDUs only . z Tx_Only: the port can transmit LLDPDUs only . z Disable: the port cannot tr ansmit or receive LLDPDUs. 2) LLDPDU transmission mechanism z If the ports are working in TxRx or Tx m ode, they will advertise local information by sending LLDPDUs ...
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TL V type TL V Name Description Usage in LLDPDU 1 Chassis ID Identifies the C hassis address of the connected device. Mandatory 2 Port ID Identifies the spec ific port that transmitted the LLDP frame. When the device does not advertise MED TL V , this field displays the port name of the port; when the device advertises MED TL V , this field display ...
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Note: For detailed introduction of TL V , please refer to IEEE 802.1AB standard and ANSI/TIA-1057. In TP-LINK switch, the following LL DP optional TL Vs are supported. Port Description TLV The Port Description TLV allows network management to advertise the IEEE 802 LAN station's port description. System Capabilities TLV The System Capabilities ...
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The LLDP module is mainly for LLDP function c onfiguration of the switch, including three submenus: Basic Config , Device Info , Device St atistics and LLDP-MED . 14.1 Basic Config LLDP is configured on the Global Config and Port Config pages. 14.1.1 Global Config On this page you can configure the LL DP p arameters of the device globally . Choose ...
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Fast St art Count: When the port's LLDP st ate transfo rms from Disable (or Rx_Only) to Tx&Rx (or Tx_Only), the fast start mechanism will be enabled, that is, the transmit interval will be shorten to a second, and several LLDPDUs will be sent out (the number of LLDPDUs equals this parameter). The default value is 3. 14.1.2 Port Config On t ...
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Det ails: Click the Deta il button to display the included TL V s and select the desired TL Vs. 14.2 Device Info Y ou can vie w the LLDP information of the local device and it s neighbors on the Local Info and Neighbor Info pages respectively . 14.2.1 Local Info On this page you can see all ports' c onfiguration and syst em information. Choose ...
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¾ Auto Refresh Auto Refresh: Enable/Disable the aut o refresh function. Refresh Rate: S pecify the auto refresh rate. ¾ Local Info Enter the desired port number and click Select to display the information of the corresponding port. 14.2.2 Neighbor Info On this page you can get the information of the neighbors. Choose the menu LLDP → Device Info ...
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14.3 Device St atistics Y ou can view the LLDP statistics of the local device through this feature. Choose the menu LLDP → Device St atistics → St atistic Info to load the following page. Figure 14-5 LLDP S tatistic Information The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Auto Refresh Auto Refresh: Enable/Disable the aut o refresh fun ...
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T ot al Ageout s: Displays the number of overti me neighbors in local device. ¾ Neighbor St atistics Port Select Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Port: Displays local device's port number . T ransmit T otal: Displays the number of L LDP DUs sent by this port. Receive T ot al: ...
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Location Identification TLV The Location Identificat ion TLV provides for advertisement of location identifier information to Communication Endpoint Devices, based on conf iguration of the Network Connectivity Device it's connected to. You c an set the Locati on Identification content in Location Identification Parameters. If Location Identifi ...
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Choose the menu LLDP → LLDP-MED → Port Config to load the following page. Figure 14-7 LLDP-MED Port Configuration The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ LLDP-MED Port Config Port Select: Select the desired port to configure. LLDP-MED St atus: Configure the port's LLDP-MED status: z Enable: Enable the port's LLD P-MED s ...
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¾ Included TL Vs Select TL Vs to be included in outgoing LLDPDU. ¾ Location Identification Parameters Configure the Locati on Identification TLV's content in outgoing LLDPDU of the port. Emergency Number: Emergency number is Emergency Ca ll Service ELIN identifier, which is used during emergency call setup to a traditional CAMA or ISDN trunk ...
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Figure 14-8 LLDP-MED Local Informatio n The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Auto Refresh Auto Refresh: Enable/Disable the aut o refresh function. Refresh Rate: S pecify the auto refresh rate. ¾ Local Info Enter the desired port number and click Select to display the information of the corresponding port. 14.4.4 Neighbor Info On ...
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Figure 14-9 LLDP-MED Neighbor Inform ation The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Auto Refresh Auto Refresh: Enable/Disable the aut o refresh function. Refresh Rate: S pecify the auto refresh rate. ¾ Neighbor Info Port Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding port based on the port number you entered. Local ...
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Chapter 15 Cluster With the development of network technology , the network scale is getting larger and more network devices are required, which may result in a mo re complicated network m anagement system. As a large number of devices need to be assigned diff erent network addresses and every management device needs to be respectively configured t ...
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z The current switch you create cluster is specified as t he commander switch. z The commander switch discovers and determines candidate switches by collecting related information. z After being added to the cluster , the candidate switch becomes to be the member switch, z After being removed from the cluster , the mem ber switch becomes to be the ...
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Figure 15-2 Neighbor Information The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Neighbor Search Option: Select the information the desir ed entry should contain and then click the Search button to display the desired entry in the following Neighbor Information table. ¾ Neighbor Info Native Port: Displays the port number of the switch. Remo ...
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Figure 15-3 NDP Summary The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Global Config NDP: Displays the global NDP status (enabled or disabled) for the switch. Aging Time: Displays the period for the nei ghbor switch to keep the NDP packet s from this switch. Hello Time: Displays the interval to send NDP p ackets. ¾ Port St atus Port: Displ ...
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Det ail ： Click the Detail button to view the complete information collected for the port. 15.1.3 NDP Config On this page you can configure the NDP function for the switch. Choose the menu Cluster → NDP → NDP Config to load the following page. Figure 15-4 NDP Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Global Config NDP: Sel ...
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Enable: C lick the Enable button to enable NDP for the port you select. Disable: Click the Disable button to disable NDP for the port you select. Note: 1. NDP function is ef fective only when NDP function is enabled globally and for the port. 2. The aging time should be set over the hello time value; otherwise the neighbo r information table of NDP ...
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Cluster Name: Displays the cluster name of this device. Role: Displays the role this device plays in the cluster . z Commander: Indicates the device that can configure and manage all the devices in a cluster . z Member: Indicates the device that is managed in a cluster . z Candidate: Indicates the devic e that does not belong to any cluster though ...
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Figure 15-7 NTDP Summary The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Global Config NTDP: Displays the NTDP statu s (enabl ed o r disabled) of the switch globally . NTDP Interval T ime: Displays the interval to co llect topology information. NTDP Hop s: Displays the hop count the switch topology collects. NTDP Hop Delay: Displays the time ...
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15.2.3 NTDP Config On this page you can configure NTDP globally . Choose the menu Cluster → NTDP → NT DP Config to load the following page. Figure 15-8 NTDP Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Global Config NTDP: Select Enable/Disable NTDP for the switch globally . NTDP Interval T ime: Enter the interval to collect top ...
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NTDP Port Delay : Enter the time between the port forwarding NT DP request packet s and its adjacent port forwarding NTDP request p ackets over . The default is 20 milliseconds. ¾ Port Config Select: Select the desired port for NT DP statu s configuration. Port: Displays the port number of the switch. NTDP: Displays NTDP status (e nabled or disabl ...
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Figure 15-10 Cluster Summary for Member Switch The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Global Config Cluster: Displays the cluster status (enabl ed or disabled) of the switch. Cluster Role: Displays the role the switch plays in the cluster . Cluster Name: Displays the name of the current cluster the switch belongs to. Commander MAC: ...
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Figure 15-12 Cluster Configur ation for Candi date Switch The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Current Role Role: Displays the role the current switch plays in the cluster . ¾ Role Change Individual: Select this o ption to change the role of the switch to be individual switch. z For a member switch, the following page is displaye ...
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Figure 15-14 Cluster Configurat ion for Individual Switch The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Current Role Role: Displays the role the current switch plays in the cluster . ¾ Role Change Candidate: Select this option to change the role of the switch to be candidate switch. 15.4 Application Example for Cluster Function ¾ Network ...
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Figure 15-15 Network diagram ¾ Configuration Procedure z Configure the member switch Ste p Operation Description 1 Enable NDP function on the switch and for port 1 On Cluster → NDP → ND P Config page, enable NDP function. 2 Enable NT DP function on the switch and for port 1 On Cluster → NTDP → N TDP Config p age, enable NTDP function. z Co ...
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Ste p Operation Description 4 Configure the member switch On Cluster → Cluster → Member Config page, select the member switch and click the Manage button to log on to its W eb management page. Or On Cluster → Cluster → Cluster T opology page, double-click the switch icon to view its detailed information; click the switch icon and click the ...
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Chapter 16 Maintenance Maintenance module, assembling the commonly used system tools to manage the switch, provides the convenient method to locate and solve the network problem. （ 1 ） System Monitor: Monitor the utilization stat us of the memory and the CPU of switch. （ 2 ） Log: View the configuration parameters of t he switch and find out ...
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Figure 16-1 CPU Monitor Click the Monitor button to enable the switch to monitor and display its CPU utilization rate every four seconds. 16.1.2 Memor y Monitor Choose the menu Maintenance → S ystem Monitor → Memory Monitor to load the following page. 226 ...
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Figure 16-2 Memory Monitor Click the Monitor button to enable the switch to monitor and display its Memory utilization rate every four seconds. 16.2 Log The Log system of switch can re cord, classify and manage the syst em information effectively , providing powerful support for networ k administrator to monito r network operation and diagnose malf ...
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The Log function is implemented on the Log T able , Local Log , Remote Log and Backup Log pages. 16.2.1 Log T able The switch supports logs output to two directions , namely , log buf fer and log file. The information in log buffer will be lost af ter the switch is reboot ed or powered off whereas the information in log file will be kept ef fective ...
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Content: Displays the content of the log information. Note: 1. The logs are classified into eight levels based on severity . The higher the information severity is, the lower the corresponding level is. 2. This page displays logs in the log buf fer , and at most 512 logs are displayed. 16.2.2 Local Log Local Log is the log information saved in swit ...
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Figure 16-5 Log Host The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Log Host Index: Displays the index of the log host. The switch supports 4 log hosts. Host IP: Configure the IP for the log host. UDP Port: Displays the UDP port used for receiving/sending log information. Here we use the standard port 514. Severity: Specify the severity lev ...
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The following entry is displayed on this screen: ¾ Backup Log Backup Log: Click the Backup Log button to save the log as a file to your computer . Note: It will take a few minutes to backup the l og file. Please wait without any operation. 16.3 Device Diagnostics This switch provides Cable T est and Loopback functions for device diagnostics. 16.3. ...
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Note: 1. The Length displayed here is the length of pair cable not that of the physical cable. 2. The test result is just for your reference. 16.3.2 Loopback Loopback test function, looping the sender and the receiver of the si gnal, is used to test whether the port of the switch is available as well as to check and analyze the physical connection ...
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Choose the menu Maintenance → Netw ork Diagnostics → Ping to load the following page. Figure 16-9 Ping The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ Ping Config Destination IP: Enter the IP address of the destination node for Ping test. Ping Times: Enter the a mount of times to send test data during Ping testing. The default value is r ...
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The following entries are displayed on this screen: ¾ T racert Config Destination IP: Enter the IP address of the destination device. Max Hop: S pecify the maximum number of t he route hops the test data can p ass through. Return to CONTENTS 234 ...
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Appendix A: Specifications IEEE802.3 10Base-T Ethernet IEEE802.3u 100Base-TX/100Bas e-FX Fast Ethernet IEEE802.3ab 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet IEEE802.3z 1000Base- X Gigabit Ethernet IEEE802.3x Flow Control IEEE802.1p QoS IEEE802.1q VLAN Standards IEEE802.1X Port-based Access Authentication Ethernet: 10Mbps HD ， 20Mbps FD Fast Ethernet: 100Mbps H ...
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Appendix B: Configuring the PCs In this section, we’ll introduce how to install and configure the TCP/IP correctly in Windows 2000. First make sure your Ethernet Adapter is work ing, refer to the adapter ’s manual if necessary . 1) On the Windows taskbar , click the St a rt button, and then click Control Panel . 2) Click the Net w ork and Inter ...
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5) The following TCP/IP Properties window will display and the I P Address t ab is open on this window by default. Figure B-3 6) Select Use the following IP address . And the following items will be available. If the switch's IP address is 192.168.0.1, specify IP address as 192.168.0. x (x is from 2 to 254), and the Subnet mask as 255.255.255. ...
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Appendix C: Load Sof tware Using FTP If there is something wrong with the firmware of the switch and the swit ch cannot be launched, you can load the software to the switch via FTP function. FTP (File Transfe r Protocol), a protocol in the application layer, is mainly used to transfer files between the remote server and the local PCs. It is a commo ...
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Figure C-2 Open Hyper T erminal 2 ） The Connection Description Window will prompt shown as the following figure. Enter a name into the Name field and click OK . Figure C-3 Connection Description 3 ） Select the port to connect in the figure below and click OK . 239 ...
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Figure C-4Select the port to connect 4 ） Configure the port selected in the step abov e shown as the following figur e. Configure Bit s per second as 38400, Data bit s as 8, Parity as None, S top bits as 1, Flo w control as None, and then click OK . Figure C-5 Port Settings 3. Download Firmware via bootUtil menu T o download firmware to the switc ...
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Figure C-6 bootUtil Menu As the prompt is displayed for a short time, you are suggested not to release the CTRL-B key until you enter into bootUtil menu after powering on the switch. 3 ） After entering into bootUtil menu, please firstly confi gure the IP parameters of the switch. The format is: ifconfig ip xxx.xxx.xxx.xx x mask 255.255.255.0 gate ...
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[TP-LINK] : start St art . . . . . . . . . .  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * User Access Login * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * User : Return to CONTENTS 242 ...
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Appendix D: 802.1X Client Sof tware In 802.1X mechanism, the supplicant Client s hould be equipped with the corresponding client software complied with 802.1X protocol st andar d for 802.1X authenticati on. When the switch TL-SG3424P works as the authentic ator system, p lease take the fo llowing instructions to install the TpSupplicant provided on ...
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Figure D-3 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard 4) T o continue, choose the destination location for the installation files and click Next on the following screen. Figure D-4 Choose De stination Location By default, the installation files are saved on t he Program Files folder of system disk. Click the Change button to modify the destinati on locati ...
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Figure D-5 Install the Program 6) The Inst allShield Wizard is installing TpSupplicant-V2.0 shown as the following screen. Please wait. Figure D-6 Setup S tatus 7) On the following screen, click Finish to complete the inst allation. 245 ...
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Figure D-7 InstallShield Wizard Complete Note: Please pay attention to the ti ps on the above screen. If you have not installed WinPcap 4.0.2 or the higher version on your computer , the 802. 1X Client Software TpSupplicant cannot work. It’s recommended to go to http://www .win pcap.org to download the latest version of WinPcap for installation. ...
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Figure D-9 Preparing Setup 3) On the continued screen, click Ye s to remove the application from your PC. Figure D-10 Uninstall the Application 4) Click Finish to complete. Figure D-1 1 Uninstall Complete 3. Configuration 1) After completing inst allation, double click the icon to run the TP-LINK 802.1X Client Software. Th e following screen will a ...
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Figure D-12 TP-LINK 802.1X Client Enter the Name and the Password specified in the Authentic ation Server . The length of Name and Password should be less than 15 characters. 2) Click the Properties button on Figure D-12 to load the followi ng screen for configuring the connection properties. Figure D-13 Connection Properties Send 802.1X protocol p ...
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period. 3) T o continue, click Connect button after entering the Name and Password on Figure D-12. Then the following screen will appear to prompt that the Radius server is being searched. Figure D-14 Authentication Dialog 4) When passing the authentication, the following screen will appear . Figure D-15 Successfully Authenticated 5) Double click t ...
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FA Q : Q1: Why does this error dialog box pop up when star ting up the TP-LINK 802.1X Client Software? A1: It’s because the supported DLL file is missing. Y ou are suggested to go to http://www .winpcap.org to download WinPcap 4.0.2 or the higher version f or installation, and run the client software again. Q2: Is this TP-LINK 802.1X Client Softw ...
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Appendix E: Glossary Access Control List (ACL) ACLs can limit network traffic and restrict access to certain users or devices by checking each packet for certain IP or MAC (i.e., Layer 2) information. Boot Protocol (BOOTP) BOOTP is used to provide bootup informat ion for netwo rk devices, including IP address information, the address of the TFTP se ...
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Generic Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP) GMRP allows network devices to register end stations with multic ast groups. GMRP requires that any participating network devic es or end stations comply with the IEEE 802.1p standard. Group Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP) See Generic Attribute Registration Protocol. IEEE 802.1D Specifies a gene ...
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Layer 2 Data Link layer in the ISO 7-Layer Data Commun ica tions Protocol. This is related directly to the hardware interface for network devices and passes on traffic based on MAC addresses. Link Aggregation See Port Trunk. Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) Allows ports to automatically negotiate a tr unked link with LACP-c onfigured ports ...
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Secure Shell (SSH) A secure replacement for remote access functi ons, including Telnet. SSH can authenticate users with a cryptographic key, and encrypt data c onne ctions between manage ment clients and the switch. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) The application protocol in the Internet suit e of protocols which o ffers network managemen ...

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