Configuring VLANs
Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) are a mechanism to segment network traffic without using a separate physical port or network connection. VMware VLANs conform to IEEE standards of specific tagging that allows routing of packets only to ports on a given VLAN.
VLANs are frequently used to segment physical networks to reduce broadcast traffic and limit traffic to a certain number of endpoints. As an example, the finance or HR department might employ a VLAN to segment their network traffic from the rest of the network. VLANs can also improve security by virtual segmentation; however, there are methods to jump from one VLAN to another, which means VLANs provide pretty good security but not complete segregation. If complete segmentation ...
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