User guide
Table Of Contents
- Part1
- Part2
- Part2
- Part3
- Part4
- Part5
- Dynamic Link Aggregation
- Link Aggregation ID
- RADIUS
- Configuring RADIUS Server Settings
- Configuring IEEE802.1x
- Supported MIBs
- SNMP Traps
- Configuring SNMP
- Setting Up Login Accounts
- Requirements for Using SSH
- HTTPS Example
- Internet Explorer Warning Messages
- Netscape Navigator Warning Messages
- Login Screen
- Strict Priority Queuing (SPQ)
- Weighted Round Robin Scheduling (WRR)
- DiffServ
- DSCP and Per-Hop Behavior
- DHCP “Relay Agent Information Option”
- DHCP Relay Agent Circuit ID Sub-option Format
- Part6
- Part7
- Switch Configuration File
- Access Priority
- The Console Port
- Telnet
- List of Available Commands
- Detailed Command Information
- Logging Out
- User Mode
- Enable Mode
- Configure Mode
- config-vlan Commands
- interface Commands
- show system-information
- show hardware-monitor
- show ip
- show logging
- show interface
- show mac address-table
- Backing up Configuration
- Restoring Configuration
- Using a Different Configuration File
- Resetting to the Factory Default
- no mirror-port
- no https timeout
- no trunk
- no port-access-authenticator
- no ssh
- interface
- bpdu-control
- broadcast-limit
- bandwidth-limit
- mirror
- gvrp
- ingress-check
- frame-type
- vlan-trunking
- spq
- wrr
- egress set
- qos priority
- name
- speed-duplex
- Static Entries (SVLAN Table)
- Dynamic Entries (DVLAN Table)
- GARP Status
- GARP Timer
- GVRP Timer
- Enable GVRP
- Disable GVRP
- Set Port VID
- Set Acceptable Frame Type
- Enable or Disable Port GVRP
- Modify Static VLAN
- Delete VLAN ID
Dimension GS-3012 Gigabit Ethernet Switch
6-6 Basic Setting
A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) allows a physical network to be partitioned into multiple logical
networks. Devices on a logical network belong to one group. A device can belong to more than one group. With
VLAN, a device cannot directly talk to or hear from devices that are not in the same group(s); the traffic must first
go through a router.
In MTU (Multi-Tenant Unit) applications, VLAN is vital in providing isolation and security among the
subscribers. When properly configured, VLAN prevents one subscriber from accessing the network resources of
another on the same LAN, thus a user will not see the printers and hard disks of another user in the same building.
VLAN also increases network performance by limiting broadcasts to a smaller and more manageable logical
broadcast domain. In traditional switched environments, all broadcast packets go to each and every individual
port. With VLAN, all broadcasts are confined to a specific broadcast domain.
Note that VLAN is unidirectional; it only governs outgoing traffic.
See the VLAN chapter for information on port-based and 802.1Q tagged VLANs.
6.5 IGMP Snooping
IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a network-layer protocol used to establish membership in a Multicast
group - it is not used to carry user data. Refer to RFC 2236 for information IGMP version 2 and RFC 1112 for
IGMP version 1.
A layer-2 switch can passively snoop on IGMP Query, Report and Leave (IGMP version 2) packets transferred
between IP multicast routers/switches and IP multicast hosts to learn the IP multicast group membership. It checks
IGMP packets passing through it, picks out the group registration information, and configures multicasting
accordingly.
Without IGMP snooping, multicast traffic is treated in the same manner as broadcast traffic, that is, it is forwarded
to all ports. With IGMP snooping, group multicast traffic is only forwarded to ports that are members of that
group. IGMP Snooping generates no additional network traffic, allowing you to significantly reduce multicast
traffic passing through your switch.
6.6 Switch Setup Screen
Click Basic Setting and then Switch Setup in the navigation panel display the screen as shown. The VLAN setup
screens change depending on whether you choose 802.1Q or Port Based in the VLAN Type field in this
screen. Refer to the chapter on VLANs.