VLAN Configuration Examples
Example 1 – Basic understanding of port based VLANs
VLAN Configuration View | Ports Configuration View |
VLAN Status : Enable
VLAN ID 
VLAN Name 
Untagged Port(s) 
Tagged Port(s) 
Mgmt Port 
Admit 
Mirror Port
1 | Default VLAN | YES | All | 0 | ||
2 | VLAN | YES | All | 0 |
Port | Port | PVID |
No | Name | |
1 | P1 | 2 |
2 | P2 | 2 |
3 | P3 | 1 |
... | … | … |
11 | P11 | 1 |
12 | P12 | 1 |
Receiving | Tagged VID | Destination | Transmitting | Notes |
Port # | in packet | Address | Port #s |
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Port P1 | Untagged | MAC on port P2 | Port P2 | Unicast Traffic |
Port P1 | Untagged | Unknown MAC | Port P2 | Floods VLAN 2 |
Port P1 | VID 4 | MAC on port P2 | Port P2 | Strips VID off packet |
Port P3 | Untagged | MAC on port P5 | Port P5 | Unicast Traffic |
Port P3 | Untagged | Unknown MAC | Port | Floods VLAN 1 |
Port P3 | VID 4 | MAC on port P6 | Port P6 | Strips VID off packet |
Example 2 – Basic understanding of tagged VLANs (Admit – Tagged Only)
VLAN Configuration View | Ports Configuration View | |
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VLAN Status : Enable
VLAN ID | VLAN Name | Untagged Port(s) | Tagged Port(s) | Mgmt Port | Admit | Mirror Port |
1 | Default VLAN | YES | Tagged Only | 0 | ||
2 | VLAN | YES | Tagged Only | 0 |
Port | Port | PVID |
No | Name | |
1 | P1 | ** |
2 | P2 | ** |
3 | P3 | ** |
... | … | … |
11 | P11 | ** |
12 | P12 | ** |
Receiving | Tagged VID | Destination | Transmitting | Notes |
Port # | in packet | Address | Port #s |
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Port P1 | Untagged | MAC on port P2 | Packet Discarded | |
Port P1 | VID 2 | MAC on port P2 | Port P2 | Unicast Traffic |
Port P1 | VID 4 | MAC on port P2 | Packet Discarded | |
Port P1 | VID 2 | MAC on port P5 | Port P2 | Floods VLAN 2 |
Port P3 | Untagged | MAC on port P1 | Packet Discarded | |
Port P3 | VID 1 | MAC on port P6 | Port P6 | Unicast Traffic |
Port P3 | VID 1 | Unknown MAC | Port | Floods VLAN 1 |
Port P3 | VID 4 | MAC on port P8 | Packet Discarded |
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