ZyXEL Communications Plumbing Product metrogigabit switch User Manual

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MGS3700-12C User’s Guide
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Port Security
This chapter shows you how to set up port security.
19.1  About Port Security 
Port security allows only packets with dynamically learned MAC addresses and/or 
configured static MAC addresses to pass through a port on the Switch. The Switch 
can learn up to 16K MAC addresses in total with no limit on individual ports other 
than the sum cannot exceed 16K. 
For maximum port security, enable this feature, disable MAC address learning and 
configure static MAC address(es) for a port. It is not recommended you disable 
port security together with MAC address learning as this will result in many 
broadcasts. By default, MAC address learning is still enabled even though the port 
security is not activated.