Chapter 11. Controlling Traffic and Switch Access

See the following sections for configuration information about these topics:

  • 11-1: Broadcast Suppression— Describes the method for preventing the switch from forwarding excessive broadcasts received on a port.

  • 11-2: Protocol Filtering— Explains how to configure a port to prevent forwarding of flood packets of a particular protocol out a port.

  • 11-3: Port Security— Provides the information required to configure a port for use only by a specified list of clients based on MAC addresses.

  • 11-4: VLAN Access Control Lists— Describes how to control the traffic that passes through a Layer 2 switch using access control lists applied to a VLAN.

  • 11-5: Switch Authentication— Explains how to configure the ...

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