I regret ignoring my switch's loop detection provisions for years ...

Is there any way to present a single NIC to a guest that has multiple tagged VLANs presented to it? I'm running a guest OS that is perfectly capable of dealing with tagged packets, but I don't see a ...

Following on this older thread, I have a smaller PoE switch that I want to integrate into my home network. My existing switch is the standard Unifi 24-port switch (non-PoE), and the new one I have is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When set up correctly, virtual LANs improve the performance of busy networks. VLANs can group client devices that communicate ...

This IP lesson will focus on layer two switches, which are almost exclusively Ethernet switches. We’ll also consider how they are used to implement virtual local area networks (VLANS). Figure 1: L2 ...

VLANs break a physical LAN into several logical broadcast domains. Each LAN station hears traffic sent by its own VLAN but receives nothing from stations in other VLANs -- not even from those ...

Have you been told that VLANs are the ultimate solution to your network woes? That they’ll magically secure your infrastructure, eliminate complexity, and solve all your traffic management headaches?