Port-Based Vlan Setup - ZyXEL Communications GS2210-8 User Manual

9.10 Port-Based VLAN Setup

Port- based VLANs are VLANs where t he packet forwarding decision is based on t he dest inat ion MAC
address and it s associat ed port .
Port- based VLANs require allowed out going port s t o be defined for each port . Therefore, if you wish
t o allow t wo subscriber port s t o t alk t o each ot her, for exam ple, bet ween conference room s in a
hot el, you m ust define t he egress ( an egress port is an out going port , t hat is, a port t hrough which
a dat a packet leaves) for bot h port s.
Port- based VLANs are specific only t o t he Swit ch on which t hey were creat ed.
Not e: When you act ivat e port- based VLAN, t he Swit ch uses a default VLAN I D of 1. You
cannot change it .
Not e: I n screens ( such as I P Se t u p and Filt e r in g) t hat require a VI D, you m ust ent er 1
as t he VI D.
The port- based VLAN set up screen is shown next . The CPU m anagem ent port form s a VLAN wit h all
Et hernet port s.
9.10.1 Configure a Port-Based VLAN
Select Por t Ba se d as t he VLAN Type in t he Ba sic Se t t ing > Sw it ch Se t up screen and t hen click
Adva nce d Applica t ion > VLAN from t he navigat ion panel t o display t he next screen.
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