Port Vlan Trunking; Select The Vlan Type - ZyXEL Communications GS2210-8 User Manual

Please refer t o t he following t able for com m on I EEE 802.1Q VLAN t erm inology.
Table 32 I EEE 802.1Q VLAN Term inology
VLAN PARAMETER TERM
VLAN Type
VLAN Adm inist rat ive
Cont rol
VLAN Tag Cont rol
VLAN Port

9.1.2.2 Port VLAN Trunking

Enable VLAN Tr u nk in g on a port t o allow fram es belonging t o unknown VLAN groups t o pass
t hrough t hat port . This is useful if you want t o set up VLAN groups on end devices wit hout having t o
configure t he sam e VLAN groups on int erm ediary devices.
Refer t o t he following figure. Suppose you want t o creat e VLAN groups 1 and 2 ( V1 and V2) on
devices A and B. Wit hout VLAN Tr u n k in g, you m ust configure VLAN groups 1 and 2 on all
int erm ediary swit ches C, D and E; ot herwise t hey will drop fram es wit h unknown VLAN group t ags.
However, wit h VLAN Tr un k ing enabled on a port ( s) in each int erm ediary swit ch you only need t o
creat e VLAN groups in t he end devices ( A and B) . C, D and E aut om at ically allow fram es wit h VLAN
group t ags 1 and 2 ( VLAN groups t hat are unknown t o t hose swit ches) t o pass t hrough t heir VLAN
t runking port ( s) .
Figure 70 Port VLAN Trunking

9.1.2.3 Select the VLAN Type

Select a VLAN t ype in t he Ba sic Se t t ing > Sw it ch Se t up screen.
Chapter 9 VLAN
DESCRIPTION
Perm anent VLAN This is a st at ic VLAN creat ed m anually.
Dynam ic VLAN This is a VLAN configured by a GVRP regist rat ion/ deregist rat ion
process.
Regist rat ion Fixed Fixed regist rat ion port s are perm anent VLAN m em bers.
Regist rat ion Port s wit h regist rat ion forbidden are forbidden t o j oin t he
Forbidden specified VLAN.
Norm al Regist rat ion Port s dynam ically j oin a VLAN using GVRP .
Tagged Port s belonging t o t he specified VLAN t ag all out going fram es
t ransm it t ed.
Unt agged Port s belonging t o t he specified VLAN don't t ag all out going
fram es t ransm it t ed.
Port VI D This is t he VLAN I D assigned t o unt agged fram es t hat t his port
received.
Accept able Fram e You m ay choose t o accept bot h t agged and unt agged incom ing
Type fram es, j ust t agged incom ing fram es or j ust unt agged incom ing
fram es on a port .
I ngress filt ering I f set , t he Swit ch discards incom ing fram es for VLANs t hat do not
have t his port as a m em ber
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