Netgear M4300-24X24F (XSM4348S) - Stackable Managed Switch with 48x10G including 24x10GBASE-T and 24xSFP+ Layer 3 Manual Do Utilizador

If a port is configured as protected, it does not forward traffic to any other protected port on 
the switch, but it does forward traffic to unprotected ports. You can configure the ports as 
protected or unprotected. You need read-write access privileges to modify the configuration. 

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Launch a web browser.

Enter http://<ipaddress> in the web browser address field.

The login window opens.

Enter the user name and password. 

The default admin user name is admin and the default admin password is blank, that is, 
do not enter a password.

Click the Login button. 

The System Information page displays.

Select Security > Traffic Control > Protected Ports.

In the Group ID list, select a group of protected ports that can be combined into a logical 

group. 

Traffic can flow between protected ports belonging to different groups, but not within the 
same group. The list includes all the possible protected port group IDs supported for the 
current platform. The valid range of the gGroup ID is 0 to 2.

Use the optional Group Name field to associate a name with the protected ports group 

(used for identification purposes). 

It can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters long, including blanks. The default is blank. 
This field is optional.

Click the orange bar to display the available ports.

Select the check box below each port to configure as a protected port. 

The selection list consists of physical ports, protected as well as unprotected. The 
protected ports are tick-marked to differentiate between them. No traffic forwarding is 
possible between two protected ports. If left unconfigured, the default state is 
unprotected.