Linksys SRW248G4, SRW2048, SRW2024, SRW224G4 Vlan Management Vlan to Ports, Vlan Management Gvrp

Models: SRW2016 SRW224G4 SRW2024 SRW2048 SRW248G4

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Chapter 5

Advanced Configuration

VLAN Management > VLAN to Ports

The VLAN to Ports screen contains fields for configuring VLANs to a ports.

VLAN Management > VLAN to Ports

Port  Displays the interface number.

Mode  Indicates the port-to-VLAN mode. The possible field values are:

•• General  Indicates the port belongs to VLANs, and each VLAN is user-defined as tagged or untagged (full 802.1Q mode).

•• Access  Indicates the port belongs to a single untagged VLAN. When a port is in Access mode, the packet types which are accepted on the port cannot be designated. Ingress filtering cannot be enabled or disabled on an access port.

•• Trunk  Indicates the port belongs to VLANs in which all ports are tagged, except for one port that can be untagged.

Join VLAN  Defines the VLANs to which the interface is joined.

VLAN to Ports > Join VLAN

VLANs  Displays the PVID tag.

LAG  Indicates if the port is a member of a LAG. If it is a member of a LAG, it cannot be configured to a VLAN. The LAG to which it belongs can be configured to a VLAN.

VLAN Management > GVRP

GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) is specifically provided for automatic distribution of VLAN membership information among VLAN-aware bridges. GVRP allows VLAN-aware bridges to automatically learn VLANs to bridge ports mapping, without having to individually configure each bridge and register VLAN membership.

VLAN Management > GVRP

The Global System LAG information displays the same field information as the ports, but represents the LAG GVRP information.

The GVRP screen is divided into two areas, GVRP and GVRP Table. The field definitions for both areas are the same.

Enable GVRP  Enables and disables GVRP on the device.

Interface  Displays the interface on which GVRP is enabled. The possible field values are:

•• Port  Indicates the port number on which GVRP is enabled.

•• LAG  Indicates the LAG number on which GVRP is enabled.

GVRP State  Check this checkbox to enable GVRP on the interface.

Dynamic VLAN Creation  Check this checkbox to enable Dynamic VLAN creation on the interface.

GVRP Registration  Check this checkbox to enable VLAN registration through GVRP on the device.

The Update button adds the configured GVRP setting to the table at the bottom of the screen.

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SRW2016, SRW224G4, SRW2024, SRW2048, SRW248G4 specifications

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