In Depth.................................................................................................................................................88
Why Use VLANs?.................................................................................................................................89
VLAN Basics..................................................................................................................................90
Scaling with VLANs..............................................................................................................................92
VLAN Boundaries ...........................................................................................................................92
VLAN Membership Types..............................................................................................................93
VLAN Trunking .....................................................................................................................................94
Trunk Types....................................................................................................................................94
LAN Emulation (LANE).................................................................................................................97
VTP Versions..................................................................................................................................98
VTP Advertisements.......................................................................................................................98
VTP Switch Modes.......................................................................................................................100
Dynamic Trunking Protocol..........................................................................................................101
InterVLAN Routing.............................................................................................................................101
Internal Route Processors..............................................................................................................102
Displaying VTP Statistics....................................................................................................................111
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