4.6 VLAN

A VLAN (Virtual LAN) is a group of switch ports designated by the switch as belonging to the same broadcast domain. This feature allows workgroup to be defined on the basis of their logical location instead of their physical location, and does not require recalling

The default VLAN is that all ports belong to VLAN 1. This switch support up to 4095 port-based 802.1Q-compatible virtual LANs (VLANs).

In the VLAN management window, you will see 2 VLANs in the page. To select a certain VLAN, you can do the following:

ØPress ">>" button to display the next two VLANs

ØPress "<<" button to display the previous two VLANs

ØPress ">>" button to display the last two VLANs

ØPress "<<" button to display the first two VLANs

ØEnter the VLAN index in the "VLAN" edit box then press "Go to" button

You can add, edit and remove port members of each VLAN and then finally press "Apply" button only once to configure the desired VLANs you want.

Note: if you want to set multiple VLANs, we suggest that you set Default VLAN ID for each port first in Ports page.

4.7 Trunk

Port trunking is the ability to group several 10/100Base-TX or 100Base-FX ports to increase the bandwidth between this switch and another compatible switch. This is an inexpensive way to increase bandwidth. We define port trunking as the ability to group set of ports (up to 8 ) within the same module into a single logical link. The port trunk acts as a single link between switches. Multiple trunks may be implemented in this switch, but only one trunk can be created within a module.

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