Sales, Types of vlans, Switch 1 switch 2 – Allied Telesis AT-8550 User Manual
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Types of VLANs
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Even though they are physically connected to the same switch, for
the members of the different VLANs to communicate, the traffic
must go through the IP routing functionality provided in the switch.
This means that each VLAN must be configured as a router interface
with a unique IP address.
Spanning Switches with Port-Based VLANs. To create a port-based
VLAN that spans two switches, you must do two things:
❑ Assign the port on each switch to the VLAN.
❑ Cable the two switches together using one port on each
switch per VLAN.
illustrates a single VLAN that spans two AT-9108
switches.
All ports on both switches belong to VLAN Sales. The two switches
are connected using slot 8, port 4 on System 1, and slot 1, port 1 on
System 2.
Figure 4-2 Single Port-Based VLAN Spanning Two Switches
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