VLANs
Identify the main characteristics of VLANs.
The word virtual is used a lot in the computing world—perhaps too often. In the case of VLANs, the word virtual does little to help explain the technology. Perhaps a more descriptive name for the VLAN concept might have been “segmented LAN.”
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802.1q 802.1q is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) specification developed to ensure interoperability of VLAN technologies from the various vendors.
VLANs involve network segmentation, a strategy that significantly increases the performance capability of the network and removes potential performance bottlenecks. A VLAN is a group of computers that are connected together and act as if they are on their own network segments, ...
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