ZyXEL Communications Plumbing Product metrogigabit switch User Manual

Chapter 8 Basic Setting

MGS3700-12C User’s Guide

Note: The uplink port connected to the Internet should be the root port. Otherwise, 

with smart isolation enabled, the isolated ports cannot access the Internet.

Click Basic Setting > Switch Setup in the navigation panel to display the screen 
as shown. The VLAN setup screens change depending on whether you choose 
802.1Q 

or Port Based in the VLAN Type field in this screen. Refer to the chapter on 

VLAN.

Figure 43   Basic Setting > Switch Setup 

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Table 11   Basic Setting > Switch Setup 

VLAN Type 

Choose 802.1Q or Port Based. The VLAN Setup screen changes 
depending on whether you choose 802.1Q VLAN type or Port Based 
VLAN type in this screen. See 

 for more 

information. 

Bridge Control 
Protocol 
Transparency 

Select Active to allow the Switch to handle bridging control protocols 
(STP for example). You also need to define how to treat a BPDU in the 
Port Setup screen.