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Configuring Asanté BridgesConfiguring theBridge FilterTablesBridge DynamicForwarding TableThe Filter Table command in the Configuration menu gives youaccess to the bridge forwarding and filter tables.The following three types of table options are available:DynamicThe Dynamic option displays a forwarding table listing of all deviceaddresses the Asanté bridge has learned since power-on or last reset.StaticThe Static option allows you to create the Static ForwardingTable, which takes precedence over the Dynamic Forwarding Table.You can add, delete, and modify this table.RangeThe Range option allows you to create a filter table in the bridge.You can add, delete, and modify this table.The Range filter table takes precedence over both the Static andDynamic forwarding tables.The job of a bridge is to forward packets from one network segment toanother. To do this, it must know the addresses of the devices on eachsegment. It learns the addresses by receiving packets from the networksegment to which it is connected, and then entering the source addressin the packets into its Bridge Dynamic Forwarding Table.To open the Bridge Dynamic Forwarding Table window:123Select the bridge to be managed by double-clicking its iconon the map.Open the Configuration menu.Select Filter Table, then Dynamic.The Bridge Dynamic Forwarding Table, as shown inFigure 5-6, appears.Page 5-14