Asante Technologies 6200 manual Vlan Management

Overview

VLAN Management

Overview Your IntraSwitch supports use of a Virtual LAN on all ports.A Virtual LAN, or VLAN, is a logically separated segment of your LAN.A VLAN segment is different from a standard ethernet seg- ment; it contains a limited number of devices, whose traffic is isolated from that of the rest of the LAN.The “member” devices of each VLAN are defined by port grouping.You can use your Local Management Interface to set up a Virtual LAN and add ports to it or remove ports from it.

By default, all ports on the IntraSwitch are included in a single VLAN,VLAN 1. In this configuration, there is no separation or organization of devices into groups, so all network traffic runs on all parts of the net.

If you need to isolate a group of users who move large files over the net, or a group of users who have special security needs, create a VLAN for them as described in this chapter.

If you need to shield a group of high-priority users from back- ground network traffic such as that caused by broadcasts or “chatty protocol” overhead traffic, you can create a VLAN for them, also.

The present version of the IntraSwitch supports port-based VLANs with manual VLAN configuration.The following are the basic VLAN features supported:

❏15 VLAN Groups (Segments)

❏VLAN untagged ports (also called normal ports)

❏VLAN tagged ports (also called expansion ports)

❏Management VLAN

❏Single STP (Spanning Tree Protocol)

❏Console Management of VLANs

❏SNMP based VLAN management

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