Hello,<BR><BR>I am trying to get a Cisco 4506 and a Procurve ProCurve 2810-48G to pass VLAN traffic between them using 802.1q.<BR><BR>Port 18 on the Cisco is connected to Port 2 on the ...

To change the association to another physical inter-face, the existing association must be cleared first using -vlandev.<BR><BR> If the physical interface supports 802.1Q VLAN tagging in hard- ware, ...

Virtual LAN (VLAN) technology, which is defined under the IEEE 802.1q specifications, has allowed enterprise to extend the reach of their corporate networks across the WAN. VLANs enable a LAN to be ...

What they do, why they're useful, and how to get started A virtual local area network is a logical subnetwork that groups a collection of devices from different physical LANs. Large business computer ...

The IEEE’s 802.1Q standard was developed to address the problem of how to break large networks into smaller parts so broadcast and multicast traffic wouldn’t grab more bandwidth than necessary. The ...

To begin, we must have a more formal definition of what a LAN is. LAN stands for local area network. Hubs and switches usually are thought of as participating in a single LAN. Normally, if you connect ...

It’s easy to see why virtual LANs have become popular on networks of all sizes. Imagine having multiple separate physical networks within a single organization — without the headache of managing ...

Have you been told that VLANs are the ultimate solution to your network woes? That they’ll magically secure your infrastructure, eliminate complexity, and solve all your traffic management headaches?

In my last blog (which admittedly was a bit long, and verbose) I discussed the changing landscape of Identity Networking. With Identity Networking there are many different ways of controlling network ...