D-Link DWS-4026 [195/741] Protected port configuration

ConfiguringProtectedPorts

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page195

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

ConfiguringProtectedPorts

TheProtectedPortsfeatureassistsinLayer2security.Portsthatareconfiguredtobeprotectedcannotforward

traffictootherprotectedportsinthesamegroup,regardlessofhavingthesameVLANmembership.However,

protectedportscanforwardtraffictoportswhichareunprotectedaswellasportsinotherpr

otectedgroups.

Unprotectedportscanforwardtr affictobothprotectedandunprotectedports.

ProtectedPortConfiguration

UsetheProtectedPortsConfigurationpagetocreateuptothreeprotectedportgroupsandtoassignphysical

portstoagroup.

TodisplaytheProtectedPortConfigurationpage,clickLAN>L2Features > ProtectedPorts>Configurationin

thenavigationtree.

Figure111:ProtectedPortConfiguration

Table94:ProtectedPortConfigurationFi

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Field Description

GroupID Theprotectedportscanbecombinedintoalogicalgroup.Trafficcanflow

betweenprotectedportsbelongingtodifferentgroups,butnotwithinthe

samegroup.TheselectionboxlistsallthepossibleprotectedportGroupIDs

supportedforthecurrentplatform.Thevalidrangeisplatform‐dependent.

GroupName Assignanop

tionalnametoassociatewiththeprotectedportsgroup.The

nameisforidentificationpurposesandcanbeupto32alphanumeric

character s long,includingblanks.Thedefaultisblank.

ProtectedPort(s) SpecifiestheSlot/Portforwhichportparametersaredefined.