Allied Telesis AT-2912T - Manual (Page 74)

Chapter 5: Setting Advanced Properties
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Updating the
Priority & VLAN
Property
Priority allows you to prioritize traffic or limit bandwidth instead of treating
all traffic in the same manner. A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a
logical area network that extends beyond a traditional LAN to a group
of logical LANs. By default, this property is enabled.
To set the port priority and assign a VLAN ID, do the following:
1. Access the Advanced tab:
 For Windows Server 2003 Operating systems, see “Selecting the
Advanced Tab in Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP” on
page 58.
 For Windows 7 Operating systems, see “Selecting the Advanced
Tab in Windows 7” on page 61.
 For Windows Vista Operating systems, see “Selecting the
Advanced Tab in Windows Vista” on page 63.
The Advanced tab is shown in Figure 30 on page 60.
2. From the Property list on the Advanced tab, select “Priority & VLAN.”
3. From the Value list on the Advanced tab, select one of the following:
 Priority & VLAN Disabled
 Priority & VLAN Enabled
 Priority Enabled
 VLAN Enabled
4. Click OK.
5. If prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.
Although it is not necessary to reboot the system for new adapter
properties to take effect, rebooting is recommended to reinitialize all
registers.
6. Verify that the port LEDs are operating correctly. See one of the
following descriptions:
 “AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2712LX20/SC Adapters Physical
Descriptions” on page 17
 “AT-2912T Adapter Physical Description” on page 18