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vlan separation?

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greif1

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Sep 26, 2005
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Another Vlan question:
If I set a group of ports in a 3com 3300 switch to be a vlan, will those ports be separated from the other vlan traffic the same as if it was a separate switch?
gr
 
One way to describe VLANs: they are like a private line circuit, separate from everything else (in this case virtual). All the ports assigned to a given VLAN can only communicate with themselves and nothing else, unless you use a Layer 3 device to provide a means of routing to other subnets or gateways, etc.

I believe the 3Com documents have a glossary of terms, including VLAN. Have you not read the documents for the 3300?
They do appear to be confusing at times. Their examples are not always clear.

....JIM....

 
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