CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

Forwarding Tagged/Untagged Frames

If you want to create a small port-based VLAN for devices attached directly to a single switch, you can assign ports to the same untagged VLAN. However, to participate in a VLAN group that crosses several switches, you need to create a VLAN for that group and enable tagging on all ports.

Ports can be assigned to multiple tagged or untagged VLANs. Each port on the switch is therefore capable of passing tagged or untagged frames. When forwarding a frame from this switch along a path that contains any VLAN-aware devices, the switch should include VLAN tags. When forwarding a frame from this switch along a path that does not contain any VLAN-aware devices (including the destination host), the switch must first strip off the VLAN tag before forwarding the frame. When the switch receives a tagged frame, it will pass this frame onto the VLAN(s) indicated by the frame tag. However, when this switch receives an untagged frame from a VLAN-unaware device, it first decides where to forward the frame, and then inserts a VLAN tag reflecting the ingress port’s default VID.

Displaying Basic VLAN Information

The VLAN Basic Information page displays basic information on the VLAN type supported by the switch.

Command Attributes

VLAN Version Number* – The VLAN version used by this switch as specified in the IEEE 802.1Q standard.

Maximum VLAN ID – Maximum VLAN ID recognized by this switch.

Maximum Number of Supported VLANs – Maximum number of VLANs that can be configured on this switch.

2-56

Page 88
Image 88
SMC Networks 10/100 manual Displaying Basic Vlan Information, Forwarding Tagged/Untagged Frames