Types of VLANs

There are many types of VLANs. Two of them are as follows:

  • Native VLAN or untagged VLAN: If a host sends traffic to a switch port without a specified VLAN ID, then the traffic will be assigned the untagged VLAN
  • Tagged VLAN: This is used when a packet is tagged with a VLAN ID

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