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Traffic Segmentation
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Traffic Segmentation
If tighter security is required for passing traffic from different clients through downlink ports on the
local network and over uplink ports to the service provider, port-based traffic segmentation can be
used to isolate traffic for individual clients.
Traffic belonging to each client is isolated to the allocated downlink ports. But the switch can be
configured to either isolate traffic passing across a client’s allocated uplink ports from the uplink
ports assigned to other clients, or to forward traffic through the uplink ports used by other clients,
allowing different clients to share access to their uplink ports where security is less likely to be
compromised.
Enabling Traffic Segmentation
Use the Interface > Traffic Segmentation (Configure Global) page to enable traffic segmentation.
CLI References
• “Configuring Port-based Traffic Segmentation” on page 399
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
• Status – Enables port-based traffic segmentation. (Default: Disabled)
• Uplink-to-Uplink Mode – Specifies whether or not traffic can be forwarded between uplink
ports assigned to different client sessions.
• Blocking – Blocks traffic between uplink ports assigned to different sessions.
• Forwarding – Forwards traffic between uplink ports assigned to different sessions.
Interface
To enable traffic segmentation:
1. Click Interface, Traffic Segmentation.
2. Select Configure Global from the Step list.
3. Mark the Status check box, and set the required uplink-to-uplink mode.
4. Click Apply.
FIGURE 68 Enabling Traffic Segmentation