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Abocom Manageable 14-port HomePNA Plus 2 Fast Ethernet Switch User Manual

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Port Status

Displays the Enable/Disable status for each HomePNA port. When the port

button lights green, the port is enabled. When the port button lights red, the

port is disabled. The default settings for all ports are Enabled. Click the

port button to toggle between Enable/Disable status of each port.

Link Status

Displays the link status of each port. (For example, the above figure indicates

that all ports are linked.)

VLAN Groups

What is VLAN

A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a logical subgroup within a physical

network. The purpose of a VLAN is to prevent broadcast storms, ease

congestion and protect your privacy.

VLANs become more important as the network grows and traffic increases.

VLANs are usually used on high traffic networks. For example, Port 3 &

Port 5 & Port 7 can be VLAN Group A, then those ports become a separate

broadcast domain. The port of other VLAN Group will not receive the

packets sending from VLAN Group A. Therefore, creating VLAN can

decrease traffic and protect privacy.

The default value for VLAN Groups is that each port and Uplink port belong to

one VLAN group. This feature ensures that data from any of the ports cannot

be directly seen by another port.

Group

Select any group you want to create.

In Group

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