I am almost as confused by your post as you are about VLANs, so lets take it slow and see where we get.<BR><BR>1) 802.1Q can add 4 bytes to the ethernet packet. (tagging) Any device not expecting ...

Hi all,<br><br>I have done the usual Google trawling, but some of the VLAN documentation seems to be contradictory or dated. 2650 servicing over 400 clients on a school campus. We have two subnets ...

The IEEE’s 802.1Q standard was developed to address the problem of how to break large networks into smaller parts so broadcast and multicast traffic wouldn’t grab more bandwidth than necessary. The ...

Lately, I’ve heard many mentions, pro and con, of using virtual LANs to solve QoS challenges in wireless LANs. If like me, you’ve been confused by some of this talk, read on. First, several vendors ...

I'm deep in the middle of planning my next home network upgrades, putting the knowledge I gained from the last upgrades not quite working out to good use. I made some mistakes, I'm sure they won't be ...

Imagine this: your smart home devices, guest Wi-Fi, and workstations all coexist on the same network. A single compromised IoT device could expose sensitive data or disrupt your entire system. It’s a ...

You may or may not have heard of VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network). It is something that is primarily used in large businesses around the world. If you are interested in opening a business that ...