Cisco Cisco Aironet 340 Ethernet Bridges Guia Do Utilizador
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Overview
If your Aironet 340 Series Bridge is connected to an infrastructure with
a large amount of multi-protocol traffic, you may be able to reduce the
amount of radio traffic by blocking out (filtering) those addresses or
protocols that are not needed.
a large amount of multi-protocol traffic, you may be able to reduce the
amount of radio traffic by blocking out (filtering) those addresses or
protocols that are not needed.
This filtering is especially important for battery operated radio nodes
which might otherwise have to waste considerable battery power receiv-
ing multicast messages which are not relevant and will only be dis-
carded.
which might otherwise have to waste considerable battery power receiv-
ing multicast messages which are not relevant and will only be dis-
carded.
Using the Filter Menu
The Filter Menu is used to control the forwarding of data packets.
To access this menu, select Filter from the Main Menu.
To access this menu, select Filter from the Main Menu.
NOTE: In order to achieve consistent performance on your infrastructure,
any configurations that you set in the Filter Menu should be duplicated on
all Aironet 340 Series Bridges. This maintains consistency as nodes
roam.
Packet Direction (Direction)
Use the direction options to control the direction a packet is traveling
before affected by the filters.
before affected by the filters.
n To_radio: Only packets from the LAN will have filters applied.
Packets from the radio will not be filtered. This options reduces the
amount of LAN traffic to the radio network.
amount of LAN traffic to the radio network.
Filter Menu
Option Value Description
1 - Multicast [ menu ] - Multicast address filtering
2 - Node [ menu ] - Node address filtering
3 - Protocols [ menu ] - Protocol filters
4 - Direction [ both ] - Packet direction affected by filters
Enter an option number or name, “=” main menu, <ESC> previous menu
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