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Cisco 1700 Series Router Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter A Networking Concepts
Virtual LANs
Security
VLANs also improve security by isolating groups. High-security users can be
grouped into a VLAN, possibly on the same physical segment, and no users
outside that VLAN can communicate with them.
Broadcast Control
Just as switches isolate collision domains for attached hosts and forward only
appropriate traffic out a particular port, VLANs provide complete isolation
between VLANs. A VLAN is a bridging domain and all broadcast and multicast
traffic is contained within it.
Performance
The logical grouping of users allows an accounting group to make intensive use
of a networked accounting system assigned to a VLAN that contains just that
accounting group and its servers. That groups work will not affect other users.
The VLAN configuration improves general network performance by not slowing
down other users sharing the network.
Network Management
The logical grouping of users allows easier network management. It is not
necessary to pull cables to move a user from one network to another. Additions,
moves, and changes are achieved by configuring a port into the appropriate
VLAN.
Communicating Between VLANs
The Cisco 1700 series routers uses the IEEE 802.1Q protocol for routing between
VLANs.
The IEEE 802.1Q protocol is used to interconnect multiple switches and routers
and for defining VLAN topologies. IEEE 802.1Q support is currently available
only for Fast Ethernet interfaces.
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