CHAPTER 9. Virtual LANs
SOME OF THE MAIN TOPICS IN THIS CHAPTER ARE
Virtual LANs and Network Topologies 138
Switching Based on Network Frames 139
Implicit and Explicit Tagging 141
IEEE Standards for Virtual LANs 144
What Kind of Switch Should You Buy? 146
Chapter 8, “Network Switches,” discussed switches that can be used to reduce the broadcast domain limit imposed by earlier networking technologies, such as hubs and bridges. LAN switches can be used to solve more problems than just reducing network traffic, however. This chapter discusses how switches can be used to create virtual LANs, or VLANs. Besides reducing the broadcast domain, switches configured for use in a VLAN can be used to solve many other problems:
The changing physical topology ...
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