Chapter 6

Virtual LANs (VLANs)

In this chapter, you’ll learn the commands on how to create VLANs, put ports into VLANs, configure trunks and trunking protocols, configure VTP and all its options, configure inter-VLAN routing, and look at VLAN verification information.

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Understanding VLAN Basics

Here’s a short list of ways that configuring VLANs can help simplify network management:

  • Network adds, moves, and changes are achieved with ease by just configuring a port into the appropriate VLAN.
  • A group of users that needs an unusually high level of security can be put into ...

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