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Understanding VLANs
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Understanding VLANs Chapter 12 Configuring VLANs Understanding VLANs A VLAN is a switched network that is logically segmented, by functions, project teams, or applications rather than on a physical or geographical basis. For example, all workstations and servers used by a particular workgroup team can be connected to the same VLAN, regardless of their physical connections to the network or the fact that they might be intermingled with other teams. You use VLANs to reconfigure the network through software rather than physically unplugging and moving devices or wires. A VLAN can be thought of as a broadcast domain that exists within a defined set of switches. A VLAN consists of a number of end systems, either hosts or network equipment (such as bridges and routers), connected by a single bridging domain. The bridging domain is supported on various pieces of network equipment such as LAN switches that operate bridging protocols between them with a separate group for each VLAN. VLANs provide the segmentation services traditionally provided by routers in LAN configurations. VLANs address scalability, security, and network management. You should consider several key issues when designing and building switched LAN networks: • LAN segmentation • Security • Broadcast control • Performance • Network management • Communication between VLANs You extend VLANs into a wireless LAN by adding IEEE 802.11Q tag awareness to the bridge. VLAN 802.1Q trunking is supported between root and non-root bridges through the bridges' primary SSID. Figure 12-1 shows two bridges sending 802.11Q-tagged packets between two LAN segments that use logical VLAN segmentation. 12-2 Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridges Software Configuration Guide OL-4059-01