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Configuring VLANs, Overview, VLAN fundamentals
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Configuring VLANs Overview Ethernet is a network technology based on the CSMA/CD mechanism. Because the medium is shared, collisions and excessive broadcasts are common on Ethernet networks. To address the issue, virtual LAN (VLAN) was introduced to break a LAN down into separate VLANs. VLANs are isolated from each other at Layer 2. A VLAN is a bridging domain, and contains all broadcast traffic within it. Figure 29 A VLAN diagram A VLAN is logically divided on an organizational basis rather than on a physical basis. For example, using VLAN, all workstations and servers that a particular workgroup uses can be assigned to the same VLAN, regardless of their physical locations. VLAN technology delivers the following benefits: 1. Confining broadcast traffic within individual VLANs. This reduces bandwidth waste and improves network performance. 2. Improving LAN security. By assigning user groups to different VLANs, you can isolate them at Layer 2. To enable communication between VLANs, routers or Layer 3 switches are required. 3. Creating flexible virtual workgroups. Because users from the same workgroup can be assigned to the same VLAN regardless of their physical locations, network construction and maintenance are much easier and more flexible. VLAN fundamentals To enable a network device to identify frames of different VLANs, a VLAN tag field is inserted into the data link layer encapsulation. The format of VLAN-tagged frames is defined in IEEE 802.1Q issued by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 1999. 99