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Chapter 7 Basic Setting

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In MTU (Multi-Tenant Unit) applications, VLAN is vital in providing isolation and security
among the subscribers. When properly configured, VLAN prevents one subscriber from
accessing the network resources of another on the same LAN, thus a user will not see the
printers and hard disks of another user in the same building.

VLAN also increases network performance by limiting broadcasts to a smaller and more
manageable logical broadcast domain. In traditional switched environments, all broadcast
packets go to each and every individual port. With VLAN, all broadcasts are confined to a
specific broadcast domain.

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VLAN is unidirectional; it only governs outgoing traffic.

See

Chapter 8 on page 87

for information on port-based and 802.1Q tagged VLANs.

7.5 Switch Setup Screen

Click Basic Setting > Switch Setup in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown.
The VLAN setup screens change depending on whether you choose 802.1Q or Port Based
in the VLAN Type field in this screen. Refer to the chapter on VLAN.

Figure 35 Basic Setting > Switch Setup