Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 589)

AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section VI: Virtual LANs 589
management software. You can change the VLAN memberships
through the management software without moving the workstations
physically, or changing group memberships by moving cables from one
switch port to another.
In addition, a virtual LAN can span more than one switch. This means
that the end nodes of a VLAN do not need to be connected to the
same switch and so are not restricted to being in the same physical
location.
The AT-9400 Series switch supports the following types of VLANs you can
create yourself:
ˆ Port-based VLANs
ˆ Tagged VLANs
These VLANs are described in the following sections.