Netgear FSM750S – 48-Port 10/100 Mbps Managed Stackable Switch with Gigabit Ports Reference Manual
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Advanced
The Advanced page allows professional users to operate more complicated features of the device, which include VLAN, Spanning Tree, Port
Trunking, Multimedia support (IGMP), traffic prioritization, SNMP, and port mirroring. These features are powerful and can degrade or damage a
network’s performance if improperly used.
Trunking, Multimedia support (IGMP), traffic prioritization, SNMP, and port mirroring. These features are powerful and can degrade or damage a
network’s performance if improperly used.
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Port Mirroring: Users can designate a port for monitoring traffic from one or more other ports or of a single VLAN configured on the switch.
The switch monitors the network activity by copying all traffic from the specified monitoring sources to the designated monitoring port, to
which a network analyzer can be attached.
The switch monitors the network activity by copying all traffic from the specified monitoring sources to the designated monitoring port, to
which a network analyzer can be attached.
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Port Trunking: a feature that allows multiple links between switches to work as one virtual link (aggregate link). Trunks can be defined for
similar port types only. For example, a 10/100 port cannot form a Port Trunk with a gigabit port. For 10/100 ports, trunks can only be
formed within the same bank. A bank is a set of eight ports. Up to four trunks can be operating at the same time. Toggle the ports to the
correct trunk number to set up a trunk. After clicking Apply, the trunk will be enabled. Spanning Tree will treat trunked ports as a single
virtual port.
similar port types only. For example, a 10/100 port cannot form a Port Trunk with a gigabit port. For 10/100 ports, trunks can only be
formed within the same bank. A bank is a set of eight ports. Up to four trunks can be operating at the same time. Toggle the ports to the
correct trunk number to set up a trunk. After clicking Apply, the trunk will be enabled. Spanning Tree will treat trunked ports as a single
virtual port.
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Multimedia Support (IGMP): The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is an Internet protocol that provides a way for network
devices to report multicast group membership to adjacent routers.
devices to report multicast group membership to adjacent routers.
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Traffic Prioritization (CoS): Class of Service (CoS), also referred to as Quality of Service (QoS), is a way of managing traffic in a network,
by treating different types of traffic with different levels of service priority. Higher priority traffic gets faster treatment during times of
switch congestion.
by treating different types of traffic with different levels of service priority. Higher priority traffic gets faster treatment during times of
switch congestion.
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VLANs: A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a means to electronically separate ports on the same switch from a single broadcast
domain into separate broadcast domains. By using VLAN, users can group by logical function instead of physical location. There are 64
VLAN supported on this switch.
domain into separate broadcast domains. By using VLAN, users can group by logical function instead of physical location. There are 64
VLAN supported on this switch.
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Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) ensures that only one path at a time is active between any two network nodes. There are maybe more
than two physical path between any two nodes for redundant paths; STP ensures only one physical path is active and the others are
blocked. STP will prevent an inadvertent loop in a network, which can disable your network due to a “Broadcast storm”, the result of a
broadcast message traveling through the loop again and again.
than two physical path between any two nodes for redundant paths; STP ensures only one physical path is active and the others are
blocked. STP will prevent an inadvertent loop in a network, which can disable your network due to a “Broadcast storm”, the result of a
broadcast message traveling through the loop again and again.
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MAC: MAC address table management
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Advanced>Disable Advance Alerting: To prevent the accidental use, there are warnings that appear when an advanced feature is
selected. This screen allows experienced users might want to bypass these warnings during a browser session. The warning
will be re-activate at the next browser session in case another, less experienced user is accessing the switch
selected. This screen allows experienced users might want to bypass these warnings during a browser session. The warning
will be re-activate at the next browser session in case another, less experienced user is accessing the switch
Figure 7-17: Advanced > Disable Advanced Alerting