Cabletron Systems manual Example 3, 1D Trunk Connection to 802.1Q Vlan Network

Example 3, 1D Trunk Connection to 802.1Q VLAN Network

As illustrated in Figure 4-7, a third group of stations, the Green Incorporated staff, is added to the facility. Also, the Green Incorporated Network Administrators want to add a Mail Server to the network on the first floor.

User B

Bridge 1		2	Bridge 2
Red VLAN	1	4 3	Blue VLAN
		4

Floor 4

Floor 3

		2	Bridge 4	File Server
Bridge 3
		2 3
Blue VLAN	1		Red VLAN
		4

Floor 2

Green Incorporated.

	2	Mail Server
Green VLAN1	1 3

Floor 1

User

802.1D Legacy Bridge

802.1Q VLAN-Aware Switch

Server

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Figure 4-7 Example 3, 1D Trunk Connection to 802.1Q VLAN Network

The Green Incorporated Network Administrators want to continue to separate normal network traffic between the Blue and Red VLANs, and create a new isolated VLAN for Green, Incorporated users. All divisions in the facility are to have equal access to the Mail Server on the first floor.

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