GarrettCom CSG14 Manual De Usuario

CSG14 Series Gigabit Converter Switch 

 Installation and User Guide (05/08)  

 

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configuring to be done at installation or for maintenance. The only hardware configuration 

settings are user options for port #2, to configure it FF/AN. The internal functions of both 

are described below. 

Each time a packet arrives on one of the switched ports, the decision is taken to 

either filter or to forward the packet.  Packets whose source and destination addresses on 

the same port segment will be filtered, constraining them to one port and relieving the rest 

of the network from processing them.  A packet whose destination address is on another 

port segment will be forwarded to the appropriate port, and will not be sent to the other 

ports where it is not needed.  Packets needed for maintaining the operation of the network 

(such as occasional multi-cast packets) are forwarded to all ports. The Magnum CSG14 

Series Converter Switches operate in the store-and-forward switching mode, which