Vlan Table Maintenance

CONFIGURING AND TESTING THE NETWORK CARD

Note that the IEEE 802.1p standard must be supported by the other devices in the network. Refer to the documentation of your network devices for configuration options on handling frames with priority tags.

The TigerCard 1000’s VLAN configuration features a 16-entry VLAN ID table. Just click on the “Insert” button to add an entry to the table. Each entry requires a VLAN ID number in the range of 0 to 4095 and a user priority level of 0 (lowest) to 7 (highest). The “Modify” and “Delete” buttons can be used to edit or remove entries from the table.

The first entry at the top of the table is the VLAN ID that is used in outbound VLAN tagged frames from the network card. All entries in the table are used for filtering inbound frames with unlisted VLAN IDs. Note that the switch port the network card is connected to should be assigned to the VLAN groups specified in the table or permit automatic VLAN registration with GVRP.

VLAN Capabilities

Three check-box options at the bottom of the VLAN Properties page provide control of the VLAN tagging. “Enable VLAN Filtering” must be checked for the card’s VLAN features to operate. If “Strip Inbound VLAN Tags” is checked, all incoming frames are processed as normal frames. When “Insert Outbound VLAN Tags” is checked, the VLAN ID from the top entry in the table will be appended onto every frame sent from the card.

Note that when you make a change to the VLAN Capabilities you must reboot the computer for the changes to take effect.

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