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ADVANCED FEATURES
This chapter describes some of the advanced features offered by your switch.
Port-Based VLAN
The main purpose of VLAN is security, to prevent HomePNA user to access each other directly in the switch
system.
Default VLAN and Remote Configuration
The default Port-Based VLAN configuration in the switch DYNAMIX DH - 114/DYNAMIX DH - 114 M allows each
HomePNA user to group with PortE1 only. For each HomePNA user, to access the main Ethernet trunk E1 is
allowed, to access other user (1 to 14, E2) is forbidden. The default VLAN setting doesn't allow user attached on
HomePNA port (1 to 14) to access the switch DYNAMIX DH - 114 M for remote configuration. Because
DYNAMIX DH - 114 M's RMU is connected to PortE2, and HomePNA port (1 to 14) and PortE2 aren't within the
same VLAN group. Remote configuration can access switch DYNAMIX DH - 114 M through Ethernet trunk on
PortE1 (PortE1 and PortE2 are the same group), while local configuration for DYNAMIX DH - 114/DYNAMIX DH
- 114 M is unrelated with VLAN setting.
You may modify the default VLAN setting to allow one or more HomePNA users to access the DYNAMIX DH -
114 M for remote configuration. Be careful not to isolate PortE2 in the VLAN setting, if PortE2 is the single VLAN
group (neither P1 to P14 nor E1 can access E2), you can only do the local configuration.
The following VLAN setting figure opens one path for user on Port1 to do remote configuration by combining
Port1 and PortE2 the same VLAN group:
Close VLAN
If you wish to get ride of the VLAN restriction, users locate in the same LAN can access each other freely and
make the switch work as a standard switch. You should group all users together as the following figure:
