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Managed Ethernet Switch (UI_2.0_FW_5.x) Featured Functions

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FDX Flow Ctrl

This setting enables or disables flow control for the port when the port’s Speed is set to Auto. The final result

will be determined by the Auto process between the Moxa switch and connected devices.

Setting Description Factory Default

Enable Enables flow control for this port when the port’s Speed is set to

Auto.

Disabled

Disable

Disables flow control for this port when the port’s Speed is set

to Auto.

MDI/MDIX

Setting Description Factory Default

Auto Allows the port to auto-detect the port type of the connected

Ethernet device and change the port type accordingly.

Auto

MDI Choose MDI or MDIX if the connected Ethernet device has

trouble auto-negotiating for port type.

MDIX

NOTE

For the Gigabit ports, MDI/MDIX is only Auto mode.

Port Status

The following table shows the status of each port, including the media type, link status, flow control, and port

state.

Link Aggregation

Link aggregation involves grouping links into a link aggregation group. A MAC client can treat link aggregation

groups as if they were a single link.

The Moxa switch’s port trunking feature allows devices to communicate by aggregating up to 4 trunk groups,

with a maximum of 8 ports for each group. If one of the 8 ports fails, the other seven ports will automatically

provide backup and share the traffic.

Port trunking can be used to combine up to 8 ports between two Moxa switches. If all ports on both switches

are configured as 100BaseTX and they are operating in full duplex, the potential bandwidth of the connection

will be 1600 Mbps.