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VLAN 1
ADMIN

VLAN2
OFFICE

VLAN3
MARKETING

1/1 1/2

2/1 2/2

2/3

2/4

2/5

2/6

2/7

2/8

Switch

Figure 13.1: VLANs sharing a single switch.

In this example we have assumed that only regular hosts (PCs, servers, etc.;
not other switches) attach to the ports of the switch. Traffic sent and received
on each switch port are regular Ethernet packets (without VLAN headers), and
here we refer to this by saying that the switch ports are associated with their
respective VLAN untagged.

Note

A port associated untagged on a VLAN, will send and receive regular Ether-
net packets (i.e., without VLAN header) on that port.

Consider the case where a PC attached to port 2/1 of the switch in

fig. 13.1

transmits a broadcast packet. That packet will be forwarded onto all other ports
of VLAN 2 (OFFICE), i.e., ports 2/2-2/4, but not to any of the other ports.

Fig. 13.2

shows a situation where three networks, the ADMIN VLAN, the OFFICE

VLAN, and the MARKETING VLAN share two switches as well as the connection
between them.

VLAN 1
ADMIN

VLAN2
OFFICE

VLAN3
MARKETING

VLAN 1
ADMIN

VLAN2
OFFICE

VLAN3
MARKETING

1/1 1/2

2/1 2/2

2/3

2/4

2/5

2/6

2/7

2/8

Switch A

1/1 1/2

2/1 2/2

2/3

2/4

2/5

2/6

2/7

2/8

Switch B

Figure 13.2: VLANs sharing two switches and the connection between them.

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