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5.22
Protocol Menu Options
5.22.1
VLANs
Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) are logical network groups that limit the broadcast
domain. VLANs allows you to isolate network traffic so only members of the VLAN
receive traffic from the other VLAN members and not from everyone on the network.
Basically, creating a VLAN is the equivalent of reconnecting a group of network devices
to another physical switch. However, all the network devices are still connected to the
same physical switch.
The VLAN Configuration provides two VLAN modes:
Port based
802.1Q
VLAN support is disabled by default.
5.22.2
Port Based VLAN Configuration
When a port is configured in a VLAN, packets can travel only among members of the
same VLAN group.
port-based VLAN is enabled, VLAN-tagging is ignored.
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Figure 5.24 - VLAN Configuration
All unselected ports belong to another single VLAN. If the
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