Ethernet switch and method for modifying configuration of same

Abstract

The invention provides an Ethernet switch and a method for modifying the configuration of the same. The method comprises the following steps of: presetting configuration modification conditions, wherein the configuration modification conditions comprise the PHY (Physical Layer) state of a port, configuration function items and the corresponding relationship of configuration options of the Ethernet switch; setting the PHY state of the port of the Ethernet switch according to the preset configuration modification conditions; detecting the PHY state of the port of the Ethernet switch per se and judging whether the detected PHY state of the port satisfies the preset configuration modification conditions, by the Ethernet switch; and modifying configurations of the configuration function items in the configuration modification conditions into the configuration options in the configuration modification conditions if the PHY state of the port satisfies the preset configuration modification conditions. In the invention, the configurations of the Ethernet switch can be modified without the help of a computer.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of electronic equipment, in particular to a method for modifying the configuration of an Ethernet switch and the Ethernet switch. Background technique [0002] Ethernet (Ethernet) refers to the baseband LAN specification created by Xerox Corporation and jointly developed by Xerox, Intel, and DEC Corporation. It uses the IEEE 802.3 standard and is the most common communication technology used in existing LANs today. An Ethernet switch (Ethernet Switch) is a multi-port bridge device of Ethernet, which has multiple ports with different port speeds, and data communication between multiple source ports and destination ports can be performed simultaneously. Ethernet switches are generally composed of a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, a media access control (MAC) controller, and a physical layer (PHY) controller. Among them, random access memory (RAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only Both memory (EEPRO...

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For unmanaged switches, ordinary users cannot obtain specific software programs, nor can they modify the configuration. For example, the default configuration of unmanaged switches has been set when the device leaves the factory. There is no way to modify the switch configuration to solve the problem

[0007] To sum up, the current method of modifying the configuration of an Ethernet switch cannot be performed without a computer; moreover, for a network-managed switch, it is necessary to understand the specific configuration of the network management program; Modify the configuration of the switch

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