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Lord Quake
10-16-2002, 05:25 PM
Just a quicky, What exactly is a VLAN ?
cuffs007
10-16-2002, 05:46 PM
Howdy...

and a quick respsonse:

VLAN — Virtual LAN; a logical grouping of network nodes that act as if they are connected to a single, shared-media network
Lord Quake
10-16-2002, 05:53 PM
Could you give me a basic example ?
cuffs007
10-16-2002, 05:54 PM
sure... easier to read someone else's work though since they have good diagrams.... so go to http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/resources/doc_library/tech_brief/virtual_lans.htm and revel in all it's glory.... hehe
Lord Quake
10-16-2002, 06:20 PM
Great, thanks.
piasabird
10-18-2002, 01:34 PM
VLAN is a technology using a router and a switch. Basically the switch is used to split some of the ports into one LAN and some of them up into another LAN. First developed by CISCO.