Configure Forwarding Engine Control Management Options

The forwarding engine controls the type of traffic being forwarded between interfaces, GRE tunnels, and sets logging features. Extreme Networks devices can selectively block or enable broadcast and multicast traffic through GRE tunnels to reduce traffic congestion. This task is part of creating or modifying a Management Option and applies only to APs.

  1. Go to Configure > Common Objects > Network > Management Options.
  2. Select an existing management object, and then select Edit, or select Add.
  3. Configure the settings for Forwarding Engine Control.
    See Forwarding Engine Control Management Options.
  4. To add an entry to the Exception IP List, select .
    1. In the dialog box, enter the destination IP Address and the Netmask.
      You can also enter an IPv6 address.
    2. Select ADD.
  5. Select SAVE

Continue to Configure System Settings Management Options.

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