At home I generally set all switches with a native VLAN of the main LAN and tagged to the guest LAN. I know this is probably not optimal, but I'm wondering how bad it really is? I get that it probably ...
We have a Cisco Catalyst 6513 switch. I need to keep a small network of about 30 computers separate from the main network of 500, but still have the 30 use the same gateway (our SonicWall) for ...
To begin, we must have a more formal definition of what a LAN is. LAN stands for local area network. Hubs and switches usually are thought of as participating in a single LAN. Normally, if you connect ...
VLANs break a physical LAN into several logical broadcast domains. Each LAN station hears traffic sent by its own VLAN but receives nothing from stations in other VLANs -- not even from those ...
Have you been told that VLANs are the ultimate solution to your network woes? That they’ll magically secure your infrastructure, eliminate complexity, and solve all your traffic management headaches?