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WCM5100
Quick Start Guide
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2 WCM5100 APPLICATIONS
2.1 WCM5100 Normal Mode
In this application, the WCM5100 is operating with Traffic Isolation Disabled. In this mode,
the WCM5100 acts as a simple, layer 2, 5 port switch with packets being switched based
on MAC address alone. The WCM5100 supports both local and remote switching.
Management traffic is not isolated from the through data traffic, and both units may be
managed from any port.
2.2 WCM5100 VLAN Trunk Mode
In this application, WCM5100-A is connected to a VLAN enabled LAN switch. The LAN
switch is configured as a VLAN trunk and all packets are tagged with VLAN Tags.
WCM5100-A is operating with VLAN support disabled, but with a VLAN ID allocated to the
Manager. In this way, the management VLAN, in this case 101, can be used to manage
the WCM5100. WCM5100-B is configured with VLAN support enabled and thus each port
is isolated to a single VLAN.
