Switch User Manual

POEFEM24T2SFP User Manual

3-7. VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network)

The POEFEM24T2SFP supports both 802.1q Tagged based VLAN’s and Port-based VLAN’s.

VLAN’s are used to logically separate your network into smaller more defined networks. VLAN’s

help to reduce broadcast traffic across your network as all broadcast traffic will be limited to the

VLAN group in which it belongs. A typical example of where a VLAN could be used is in a school

environment where the teacher and student networks must be kept separate. The switch

supports up to 256 active VLAN entries and a VLAN ID ranging from 1 – 4096.

3-7-1. VLAN Mode

Fig. 3-23

Function name:

VLAN Mode

Function description:

The POEFEM24T2SFP supports 2 different VLAN modes including, Port-Based and

Tag-based. Select the desired VLAN mode from the drop down box and click the Apply

button. Changes will take effect immediately.

Default: Tag-based

Parameters description:

Tag-based:

Tag-based VLAN’s identify members by its VID. A VID can be applied to a packet

from a host machine that supports 802.1q or from the switch itself when a packet

is sent from the switch. Ingress and Egress rules can also be applied to each

port to identify how a packet is handled. The switch will accept both tagged and

un-tagged packets depending on the ingress rules that have been defined. Rules

can be created to allow only incoming packets to be tagged; however when this

Rule is applied any untagged packets will be dropped.

Each tag-based VLAN you build must have a VLAN name and VLAN ID. Valid

VLAN ID’s range from 1 – 4096. The maximum number of tag-based VLAN

groups that can be created is 256.