Port Status; Port Vlan - TP-Link L-R480T+ User Manual

Negotiation Mode:
All Ports:
4.3.5.5

Port Status

On this page, you can view the current status of each port.
Choose the menu Network→Switch→Port Status to load the following page.
4.3.5.6

Port VLAN

A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a network topology configured according to a logical scheme
rather than the physical layout, which allows you to divide the physical LAN into multiple logical LANs
so as to control the communication among the ports .
The VLAN function can prevent the broadcast storm in LANs and enhance the network security. By
creating VLANs in a physical LAN, you can divide the LAN into multiple logical LANs, each of which
has a broadcast domain of its own. Hosts in the same VLAN communicate with one another as if they
are in a LAN. However, hosts in different VLANs cannot communicate with one another directly.
Therefore, broadcast packets are limited in a VLAN.
TL-R480T+ provides the Port VLAN function, which allows you to create multiple logical VLANs for the
LAN ports based on their port numbers.
Choose the menu Network→Switch→Port VLAN to load the following page.
Select the Negotiation Mode for the port.
Allows you to configure the parameters for all the ports at one time.
Figure 4-19 Port Status
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