Chapter 10 Interface

"Each VLAN interface is created on top of only one Ethernet interface.

Otherwise, VLAN interfaces are similar to other interfaces in many ways. They have an IP address, subnet mask, and gateway used to make routing decisions. They restrict bandwidth and packet size. They can provide DHCP services, and they can verify the gateway is available.

10.12.1 Configuring the VLAN Summary Screen

This screen lists every VLAN interface and virtual interface created on top of VLAN interfaces. To access this screen, click Network > Interface > VLAN.

Figure 177 Network > Interface > VLAN

Each field is explained in the following table.

Table 74 Network > Interface > VLAN

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

#

This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with any interface.

 

 

Name

This field displays the name of the interface.

 

 

Port/VID

For VLAN interfaces, this field displays:

 

• The Ethernet interface on which the VLAN interface is created.

 

• The VLAN ID.

 

• This field is blank for virtual interfaces.

 

 

IP Address

This field displays the current IP address of the interface. If the IP address is

 

0.0.0.0, the interface does not have an IP address yet.

 

This screen also shows whether the IP address is a static IP address (STATIC)

 

or dynamically assigned (DHCP). IP addresses are always static in virtual

 

interfaces.

 

 

Mask

This field displays the interface’s subnet mask in dot decimal notation.

 

 

 

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