NETGEAR 7000 Series Managed Switch - Manual (Page 195)

NETGEAR 7000 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide Version 7.2
Protected Ports 25-1
v1.0, May 2008
Chapter 25
Protected Ports
This section describes how to set up protected ports on the switch. Some situations might require
that traffic is prevented from being forwarded between any ports at Layer 2 so that one user cannot
see the traffic of another user on the same switch.
Overview
Protected Ports:
• Prevent traffic from being forwarded between protected ports
• Allow traffic to be forwarded between a protected port and a non-protected port
Example
The following are examples of how the Protected Ports feature is used.
Example #1: Configure a Protected Port to Isolate Ports on the
Switch
In following example, PC1 and PC2 can access the Internet as usual, but PC1 cannot see the traffic
that is generated by PC2, that is, no traffic is forwarded between PC1 and PC2.