A virtual local area network (VLAN) is any broadcast domain that is partitioned and isolated in a computer network at the data link layer (OSI layer 2)...
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IEEE 802.1Q (redirect from VLAN Tagging)
supports virtual local area networking (VLANs) on an IEEE 802.3 Ethernet network. The standard defines a system of VLAN tagging for Ethernet frames and the...
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VLAN hopping is a computer security exploit, a method of attacking networked resources on a virtual LAN (VLAN). The basic concept behind all VLAN hopping...
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Private VLAN, also known as port isolation, is a technique in computer networking where a VLAN contains switch ports that are restricted such that they...
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Spanning Tree Protocol (section Standards for VLANs)
different VLANs uses different links. Before the IEEE published a Spanning Tree Protocol standard for VLANs, a number of vendors who sold VLAN-capable switches...
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VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) is a Cisco proprietary protocol that propagates the definition of Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN) on the whole local area...
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Multiple Registration Protocol (redirect from GARP VLAN Registration Protocol)
other similar devices to register and de-register attribute values, such as VLAN identifiers and multicast group membership across a large local area network...
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IEEE 802.1ad (redirect from Stacked VLANs)
of convenience, the term VLAN tag or just tag for short is often used in place of 802.1Q VLAN header. QinQ allows multiple VLAN tags in an Ethernet frame;...
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on a switch. VLANs divide broadcast domains in a LAN environment. Whenever hosts in one VLAN need to communicate with hosts in another VLAN, the traffic...
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A VLAN Management Policy Server (VMPS) is a network switch that contains a mapping of device information to VLAN. The primary goal of VMPS is VLAN assignment...
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EtherType (section VLAN tagging)
used as the basis of 802.1Q VLAN tagging, encapsulating packets from VLANs for transmission multiplexed with other VLAN traffic over an Ethernet trunk...
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A VLAN access control list (VACL) provides access control for all packets that are bridged within a VLAN or that are routed into or out of a VLAN. Unlike...
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single physical or logical connection to a network. It is a method of inter-VLAN routing where one router is connected to a switch via a single cable. The...
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provides both simple and full connectivity assigned to any given virtual LAN (VLAN) throughout a bridged local area network. MSTP uses bridge protocol data...
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hello packets on a per VLAN basis allows SLPP to detect VLAN based network loops for un-tagged as well as tagged IEEE 802.1Q VLAN link configurations. If...
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by network-layer devices such as routers or layer-3 switches. Separating VLANs divides broadcast domains as well. The distinction between broadcast and...
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to send a copy of network packets seen on one switch port (or an entire VLAN) to a network monitoring connection on another switch port. This is commonly...
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maintains VLAN information in Ethernet frames as traffic flows between switches and routers, or switches and switches. ISL is Cisco's VLAN encapsulation...
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Network virtualization (redirect from VLAN, VPN and VPLS)
elements, such as firewalls and load balancers Networks, such as virtual LANs (VLANs) and containers such as virtual machines (VMs) Network storage devices Network...
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In case of Back-to-Back, VRF is necessary to create VLANs and subsequently sub-interfaces (VLAN headers and DLCI headers for Ethernet and Frame Relay...
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eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) is a network virtualization technology that uses a VLAN-like encapsulation technique to encapsulate OSI layer 2 Ethernet frames within...
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provider bridge networks without losing each customer's individually defined VLANs. It was initially created by Nortel before being submitted to the IEEE 802...
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protocols. A link aggregation protocol developed by Force10 and an early VLAN tagging capability from 3Com. Virtual Link Trunking or VLT is a proprietary...
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trunking on a link between two VLAN-aware switches, and for negotiating the type of trunking encapsulation to be used. VLAN trunks formed using DTP may utilize...
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Provider-provisioned VPN (section VLAN)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, VLANs allow multiple tagged LANs to share common trunking. VLANs frequently comprise only customer-owned facilities...
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Personal (PAN) Near-me Local (LAN) Storage (SAN) Wireless (WLAN) Virtual (VLAN) Home (HAN) Campus (CAN) Backbone Metropolitan (MAN) Municipal wireless (MWN)...
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fête' (Chorus) Couplets du roi Vlan: 'Vlan, Vlan, je suis Vlan' (Vlan, Chorus) Chorus: 'Rataplan, rataplan' (Chorus, Vlan, Microscope), Couplets of prince...
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describes VLANs, and IEEE 802.1X defines a port-based network access control protocol, which forms the basis for the authentication mechanisms used in VLANs (but...
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The technology provides VLANs on native Ethernet infrastructures using a link-state protocol to advertise both topology and VLAN membership. Packets are...
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