Getting To Know Your Switch; Introduction; Overview; Ieee 802.1Q Vlan Application Example - ZyXEL Communications ES-315 - V3.70 User Manual

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Getting to Know Your Switch

This chapter introduces the main features and applications of the Switch.

1.1 Introduction

The ES-315 and ES-315-F are intelligent layer 2 Ethernet switches.
• The ES-315 has four 10/100Mbps LAN ports and one 10/100Mbps WAN port.
• The ES-315-F has four 10/100Mbps LAN ports and one Fast Ethernet SFP (Small Form-
factor Pluggable) WAN slot.
See Chapter 22 on page 131

1.1.1 Overview

Use the Switch to connect up to four devices to your network. The following figure shows the
Switch (A) connecting several devices (1 ~ 4) and allowing them to communicate with one
another and access the Internet through the Internet Service Provider's network switch (B).

Figure 1 Internet Access through the Switch

1.1.2 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Application Example

A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) allows a physical network to be partitioned into
multiple logical networks. Stations on a logical network belong to one group. A station can
belong to more than one group. With VLAN, a station cannot directly talk to or hear from
stations that are not in the same group(s) unless such traffic first goes through a router.
For more information on VLANs, refer to
ES-315/ES-315-F User's Guide
for a full list of software features available on the Switch.
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