I'm attempting to set up a small VLAN for some saw controllers and user interfaces on a HP Procurve 2910al. I've not had much experience setting up VLAN on managed switches, let alone routing between ...

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My knowledge of VLANs is severely lacking. I've setup a vlan (VLAN1) that has two hosts, a Windows XP client on port 1 and a samba server on port 5, with ports 1-10 untagged in the vlan. All other ...

A virtual LAN is a logical division of a network that enables devices to communicate as if they are connected to a single switch. These divisions are critical to network security, performance and ...

Rick Cook learned programming on a computer with magnetic drum memory. Since then he's written thousands of articles on all aspects of computers and high technology — as well as several fantasy novels ...

Once your home network grows a little more complex, you soon realize that grouping devices into virtual local area networks (VLANs) makes a lot of sense, both from a security and administrative ...

It's easy to see why virtual LANs have become popular on networks of all sizes. Imagine having multiple separate physical networks within a single organization — without the headache of managing ...