Draytek P2260 User Manual

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VigorSwitch P2260 User’s Guide 
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Designated Priority: 
Show the current root bridge priority. 
Root Port: 
Show port number connected to root bridge with the lowest 
path cost. 
Root Path Cost: 
Show the path cost between the root port and the designated 
port of the root bridge. 
Current Max. Age: 
Show the current root bridge maximum age time. Maximum 
age time is used to monitor if STP topology needs to change. 
When a bridge does not receive a hello message from root 
bridge until the maximum age time is counted down to 0, the 
bridge will treat the root bridge malfunctioned and issue a 
Topology Change Notification (TCN) BPDU to all other 
bridges.  
 
All bridges in the LAN will re-learn and determine which 
the root bridge is. Maximum Age time is assigned by root 
bridge in unit of seconds. Default is 20 seconds.     
Current Forward Delay:   
Show the current root bridge forward delay time. The value 
of Forward Delay time is set by root. The Forward Delay 
time is defined as the time spent from Listening state moved 
to Learning state or from Learning state moved to 
Forwarding state of a port in bridge.   
Hello Time: 
Show the current hello time of the root bridge. Hello time is 
a time interval specified by root bridge, used to request all 
other bridges periodically sending hello message every 
“hello time” seconds to the bridge attached to its designated 
port.  
STP Topology Change Count: STP Topology Change Count expresses the time spent in 
unit of seconds since the beginning of the Spanning Tree 
Topology Change to the end of the STP convergence. Once 
the STP change is converged, the Topology Change count 
will be reset to 0. The figures showing in the screen may not 
be the exact time it spent but very close to, because the time 
is eclipsing.     
Time Since Last Topology Change: Time Since Last Topology Change is the accumulated 
time in unit of seconds the STP has been since the last STP 
Topology Change was made. When Topology Change is 
initiated again, this counter will be reset to 0. And it will 
also count again once STP topology Change is completed. 
 
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The STP, Spanning Tree Protocol, actually includes RSTP. In the Spanning Tree 
Configuration, there are six parameters open for the user to configure as user’s idea. Each 
parameter description is listed below. 
Function name: 
STP Configuration 
Function description: