Netgear FSM726v3 7000 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide for Software - Page 290

NETGEAR Managed Switches Software Administration Manual, Release 8.0 Protected Ports This section describes how to set up protected ports on the switch. Some situations might require that traffic is prevented from being forwarded between any ports at Layer 2 so that one user cannot see the traffic of another user on the same switch. Protected Ports: • Prevent traffic from being forwarded between protected ports • Allow traffic to be forwarded between a protected port and a non-protected port In following example, PC1 and PC2 can access the Internet as usual, but PC1 cannot see the traffic that is generated by PC2, that is, no traffic is forwarded between PC1 and PC2. . Internet 10.100.5.34 Layer 2 Switch 192.168.1.252 192.168.1.252 PC 1 PC 2 192.168.1. 192.168.1. Figure 15-5 CLI: Configuring a Protected Port to Isolate Ports on the Switch To use the CLI to configure a protected port in order to isolate ports, enter the following CLI commands: 15-6 v1.0, October 2009 Security Management