Port Status
Displays the Enable/Disable status for each HomePNA port. When the port
button lights green, the port is enabled. When the port button lights red, the
port is disabled. The default settings for all ports are
Enabled
. Click the
port button to toggle between
Enable/Disable
status of each port.
Link Status
Displays the link status of each port. (For example, the above figure indicates
that all ports are linked.)
VLAN Groups
What is VLAN
A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a logical subgroup within a physical
network. The purpose of a VLAN is to prevent broadcast storms, ease
congestion and protect your privacy.
VLANs become more important as the network grows and traffic increases.
VLANs are usually used on high traffic networks. For example,
Port 3
&
Port 5
&
Port 7
can be
VLAN Group A,
then those ports become a separate
broadcast domain. The port of other VLAN Group will not receive the
packets sending from
VLAN Group A
. Therefore, creating VLAN can
decrease traffic and protect privacy.
The default value for VLAN Groups is that each port and Uplink port belong to
one VLAN group. This feature ensures that data from any of the ports cannot
be directly seen by another port.
Group
Select any group you want to create.
In Group
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