3Com Baseline switch and VLAN

[glio]

Environment:

The 4924 is the core of the network. 4400 connects both the 4924 and a 3Com Baseline:

3Com 4924 ----- 3Com 4400 ----- 3Com Baseline

I want to create a VLAN (say, VLAN 5) for all the workstations attached to the 3Com Baseline. Can I simply tag the port that connects the 4400 and the baseline with VLAN ID 5 to create the VLAN? Do I need to explicitly assign a VLAN ID to each workstation?

Jimmy

 

[SYQUEST]

The VLAN is like a separate "virtual circuit" that connects all the assigned ports together as one LAN. I just setup my first one between a BS2226+ and a Cisco C2950G. Once I got the parameters down and some basics it worked OK. The 3COM user's guide could provide more info, but it is farely scant compared to the Cisco documentation. Even on the 3COM website knowledge base, I found nothing on VLANs.

All ports that are related have to be assigned to a single VLAN other wise they are default. You can try setting one up and "play" with it to see what works and what doesn't.

Hope this helps!

....JIM....