Vlan configuration – Husky HME-423E User Manual

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responds only if it receives LACP protocol packets from the
opposite device.

A link having two passive LACP nodes will not perform dynamic LACP trunk since both ports
are waiting for an LACP protocol packet from the opposite device.

4-6.11 VLAN

Configuration

A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logic networking group consisting of hosts with a common set of requirements that
communicate as if they were attached to the broadcast domain, regardless of their physical location. VLAN
allows for end stations to be grouped together even if they are not located on the same network switch.
Network reconfiguration can be realized through software instead of physically relocating devices.

HME-421E/423E supports both port-based VLAN and IEEE 802.1Q (Tag-based) VLAN. HME-421E/423E
VLAN operation mode if Disable by default.

4-6.11.1 Port-based

VLAN

A port-based VLAN is formed by a group of switch ports which are not necessary located on the same switch.
A four-byte field in the header is used to identify the VLAN. Packets can go among only members of the
same VLAN group. All unselected ports are treated as belonging to another single VLAN. If the port-based
VLAN enabled, the VLAN-tagging will be ignored.

In order for an end station to send packets to different VLAN groups, it has to be either capable of tagging
packets it sends with VLAN tags, or attached to a VLAN-aware bridge that is capable of classifying and

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