WATERS NETWORK SYSTEMS
™ ProSwitch
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2600M User’s Manual
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that is
different than the network address of the switch.
g.
SLIP Subnet Mask
– If you are using SLIP, enter a suitable SLIP subnet mask.
6.0
Advanced Management Functions
VLANS
1. Login to the switch and select
Advanced Management
.
Select
L2 Switching DataBase
. This menu option allows you to view and configure the switch from four
perspectives: VLAN, MAC address, IP multicast group, and port. These four views allow a network
administrator to manage and monitor VLANs and their associated MAC addresses and ports status
effectively.
2. Select
VLAN & PVID
(Port VLAN ID)
Perspective
. This option allows to you to create VLAN groups. Once
VLANs are created, you can then use
PVID Settings
to assign VLAN ID to ports for untagged packets.
Default VLAN
: The IEEE 802.1Q standard defines VLAN ID #1 as the default VLAN. The default VLAN includes
all the ports as the factory default. The default VLAN's egress rule restricts the ports to be all untagged, so it
can, by default, be easily used as a simple 802.1D bridging domain. The default VLAN's domain shrinks as
untagged ports are defined in other VLANs.
Tagged/Untagged Port
: A
tag
is a four bytes of packet information added in a packet for VLAN and priority
information of the packet. Packets that include the four byte of packet information are referred to as
tagged
packets
and the packets without tag as
untagged packets
. You can set the switch ports as tagged or untagged
when configuring VLANs.
Untagged ports
should be connected to untagged devices, and the
PVID
should be assigned to these ports as
their VLAN ID. If these untagged packets are forwarded to tagged ports, tags will be added to the packets with
the PVID as their VLAN ID in the tag. If tagged packets are forwarded to untagged ports, the tag will be
removed from the packet.
The following operations can be done from
VLAN Settings
:
Create a new VLAN
Delete a VLAN
View VLAN activity
View and change VLAN configuration
Creating a VLAN
1. Login to the switch.
2. From
the
Switch Management Menu
, select
Advanced Management
.
3. Select
L2 Switching DataBase
.
4. Select
VLAN & PVID Perspective
.
5. Select
VLAN Settings
.
6. Press
Shift
and
+
to add a VLAN.
7. Press
Enter
to assign a VLAN ID and VLAN name. The ID can be a 12-bit decimal or hexadecimal ID
value.
Note
: “Remote” will be appended to the VLAN ID automatically if the VLAN is learned from a remote switch.
