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users to communicate as if they were connected to a single network. With VLAN, you can
group or segment your network and allow certain user groups to access certain network
resources. For example, you can allow only the users from the sales department to access
pricing information on the company network via VLAN setting. The pricing information is not
accessible to other departments in the same company.
Thus VLANs provide improved performance, manageability and security. Your switch
supports two VLAN modes: port-based and 802.1q tagged.
The switch has a predefined VLAN (the Default VLAN) to which all ports
6.4.1.
Port-Based VLAN
In port-based VLAN, you set a port to be a member of a VLAN. For example, you can assign
pots 1, 2, 3 and 4 to belong to the sales VLAN and ports 5, 6, 7 and 8 to the marketing VLAN.
6.4.2.
802.1q Tagged VLAN
In 802.1q tagged VLAN, the VLAN information is contained in the frames (known as tagged
frames). When the switch receives tagged frames, it sends the frames to only ports that
belong to the same VLAN. In addition, the switch is able to add VLAN information to frames
before transmitting.
6.5. VLAN Configuration
To configure VLAN settings on the switch, click Switch Configuration > VLAN
Configuration.
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