8‐PortGigabitWeb‐SmartSwitch
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7.2 LoopPrevention
TheIntellinet8‐PortGigabitWeb‐SmartSwitchcandetectloopsinyournetwork.Theloopdetection
featureisdesignedtodetectloopbacksandactivatetheLoopLEDonthefrontpaneloftheswitch.Loop
detectionalsoindicatestheport(s)causingthelooponthewebadministratorUI.
Thelooppreventionfeature,ontheotherhand,blocksanyportthathasbeendeemedtobecausinga
loopautomatically.
Selectthetypeofloopdetection/preventionmechanismfromthedrop‐downlist,thenclick‘Apply.’
Note:
Loopprevention/detectioncanonlybeusedifnotrunkgroupsareactivated.