GarrettCom CSN14 Manual De Usuario

CS14, CSN14 Series Converter Switches 

 Installation and User Guide (02/06)  

 

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configuration settings is 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 CS14 and 

CSN14 Series Converter Switches operate in the store-and-forward switching mode, which