Vlan Setting - Edimax ES-5808P User Manual

VLAN Setting

A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logical network grouping that limits the broadcast
domain, which would allow you to isolate network traffic, so only the members
of the same VLAN will receive traffic from the ones of the same VLAN.
Basically, creating a VLAN from a switch is logically equivalent of reconnecting
a group of network devices to another Layer 2 switch. However, all the network
devices are still plugged into the same switch physically.
VLAN Mode
You may select the VLAN Mode of the switch. Port-based VLAN is for
separating traffic only on this single switch. There is no handover of network
traffic within VLAN groups to other switches. For the handover to other
switches use Tag Based VLAN. In VLAN Mode you can switch from Tag to
Port Based VLAN. Port Based VLAN is the default mode.
After having switched to Tag Based VLAN Mode, the screen changes. On this
screen you can now define and configure your Up- and Downlink ports. These
are important since here the handover between the switches of your network
takes place.
 VLAN Mode: Displays VLAN mode: port based/Tag based VLAN. Here you
can also switch back to Port Based VLAN Mode
 Add tag means the outgoing packet of the selected port will be inserted a
802.1Q tag. Use this setting for your Up- and Downlink Ports in your VLAN
Tagged Network.
 Don't care means the outgoing packet of the selected port keep the original
packet received at the source port. This is the default setting when starting
VLAN configuration. You should change to either Add or Remove Tag.
 Remove tag means the 802.1Q tag of the outgoing packet of the selected
port will not be sent. Use this setting for your Network Connections to PCs.
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