MAC Address: Enter the MAC address.
Description: Give a description to the MAC address for identification.
VLAN ID: Enter the ID number of the MAC VLAN. This VLAN should be one of the
802.1Q VLANs the ingress port belongs to.
MAC VLAN Table
MAC Select: Click the Select button to quick-select the corresponding entry based
on the MAC address you entered.
Select: Select the desired entry. It is multi-optional.
MAC Address: Displays the MAC address.
Description: Displays the user-defined description of the MAC address.
VLAN ID: Displays the corresponding VLAN ID of the MAC address.
Operation: Click the Edit button to modify the settings of the entry. And click the
Modify button to apply your settings.
Configuration Procedure:
Step Operation Description
1 Set the link type for
port
Required. On the VLAN→802.1Q VLAN→Port Config page, set
the link type for the port based on its connected device.
2 Create VLAN Required. On the VLAN→802.1Q VLAN→VLAN Config page,
click the Create button to create a VLAN. Enter the VLAN ID and
the description for the VLAN. Meanwhile, specify its member
ports.
3 Create MAC VLAN Required. On the VLAN→MAC VLAN page, create the MAC
VLAN. For the device in a MAC VLAN, it’s required to set its
connected port of switch to be a member of this VLAN so as to
ensure the normal communication.
6.3 Protocol VLAN Protocol VLAN is another way to classify VLANs based on network protocol. Protocol VLANs can
be sorted by IP, IPX, DECnet, AppleTalk, Banyan and so on. Through the Protocol VLANs, the
broadcast domain can span over multiple switches and the Host can change its physical position
in the network with its VLAN member role always effective. By creating Protocol VLANs, the
network administrator can manage the network clients based on their actual applications and
services effectively.
Protocol VLAN, another way to classify VLANs based on network protocol, can bind ToS provided
in the network to VLAN to realize the specific service. Through protocol VLAN, the switch can
analyze the received untagged packets on the port and match the packets with the user-defined
protocol template according to different encapsulation formats and the values of the special fields.
If a packet is matched, the switch will add a corresponding VLAN tag to it automatically and thus
the data of specific protocol can be automatically assigned to the corresponding VLAN for
transmission. The network administrator can manage network clients based on their specific
applications and services through protocol VLAN.
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