Ieee 802.1Q Vlan - Planet GS-4210-8UP2S User Manual

This section has the following items:
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Management VLAN
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Create VLAN
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Interface Settings
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Port to VLAN
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Port VLAN Membership
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Protocol VLAN Group
Setting
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Protocol VLAN Port
Setting
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GVRP Setting
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GVRP Port Setting
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GVRP VLAN
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GVRP Statistics

4.3.3.2 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN

In large networks, routers are used to isolate broadcast traffic for each subnet into separate domains. This Managed Switch
provides a similar service at Layer 2 by using VLANs to organize any group of network nodes into separate broadcast domains.
VLANs confine broadcast traffic to the originating group, and can eliminate broadcast storms in large networks. This also
provides a more secure and cleaner network environment.
An IEEE 802.1Q VLAN is a group of ports that can be located anywhere in the network, but communicate as though they belong
to the same physical segment.
VLANs help to simplify network management by allowing you to move devices to a new VLAN without having to change any
physical connections. VLANs can be easily organized to reflect departmental groups (such as Marketing or R&D), usage groups
(such as e-mail), or multicast groups (used for multimedia applications such as videoconferencing).
VLANs provide greater network efficiency by reducing broadcast traffic, and allow you to make network changes without having
to update IP addresses or IP subnets. VLANs inherently provide a high level of network security since traffic must pass through
a configured Layer 3 link to reach a different VLAN.
This Managed Switch supports the following VLAN features:
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Up to 256 VLANs based on the IEEE 802.1Q standard
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Port overlapping, allowing a port to participate in multiple VLANs
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End stations can belong to multiple VLANs
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Passing traffic between VLAN-aware and VLAN-unaware devices
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Configures the management VLAN
Creates the VLAN group
Configures mode and PVID on the VLAN port
Configures the VLAN membership
Display the VLAN membership
Configures the protocol VLAN group
Configures the protocol VLAN port setting
Configures GVRP global setting
Configures GVRP port setting
Display the GVRP VLAN database
Display the GVRP port statistics
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