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Section II: Local and Telnet Management

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example, a VLAN that spans three switches requires one port on
each switch to interconnect the various sections of that VLAN.

In network configurations with many individual VLANs that span
switches, ports are often ineffectively used to interconnect the
various VLANs.

Port-based Example 1

Figure 33 illustrates an example of one AT-8024 Fast Ethernet Switch
with three port-based VLANs. (For purposes of the following examples,
the Default_VLAN is not shown.)

Figure 33 Port-based VLAN - Example 1

Link

Mode

Link

Mode

100

FULL

ACT

MODE

COL

FAULT

MASTER

PWR

AT-8024

10Base-T / 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet Switch

RS-232 TERMINAL PORT

Router

AT-8024 Ethernet Switch

Sales VLAN

Production VLAN

(VID 2)

(VID 4)

Engineering VLAN

(VID 3)

WAN

Port 4

Port 12

Port 22