Hawking Technology HGMS224 Switch User Manual


 
5.1 VLAN Application Used with Switch
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formation and avoiding the complexity and heavy
rocessing requirements of Layer 3 IP based routers.
s a result, each group of stations connected to separate segmented ports forms a different
olated broadcast domain. The broadcast sharing ports should be used to connect servers and
ther common services, such as Internet access, that are used by all the stations connected to the
ifferent segmented ports.
Virtual LAN, or VLAN, is generally defined as a broadcast domain. It can be viewed as a
roup of end nodes, possibly on different physical network segments, which can communicate
ith each other.
VLANs provide a simple solution for protecting your network against broadcast storming
reating segments based on Layer 2 Ethernet inc
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