What?s a VLAN?
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Answer / rajarr
virtual local area network.
VLANs support logical grouping of network nodes to reduce
broadcast traffic and allow more control in implementing
security policies.
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Answer / kapilasdhir
VLAN stands for Virtual Local Area Network it reduce the
broadcasting in the network. With The Help Of VLAN We Can
Create A Separate Broadcast Domain in The Switch.
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Answer / b
VLAN:-It is a logically segmentation of the physical network
Advantages of the VLAN is given below :-
I. Segmetation
2. Flexiblity
3. Security
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Answer / ritesh
VLANs
are configured through software rather than hardware, which
makes them extremely flexible.
VLANs support logical grouping of network nodes to reduce
broadcast traffic and allow more control in implementing
security policies.
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Answer / yuvaprakash
vlan is create for the use of inter lan,reduce the broadcast.
within the lan we will communicate with limited persons.
Example:
In a office we will create a vlan in the lan switch(port
vice)like that
Marketing dept:only communicate marketing dept pcs.
Finance dept:only communicate Finance dept pcs
Admin dept :Only communicate admin dept pcs
so it is also used to reduce the broadcast traffic.
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Answer / ganesan
Vlan is Virtual Local area network and it is a group of
hosts with a common set of requirements that communicate as
if they were attached to the same bradcost domain,
regardless of their physical location
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A network of computers that behave as if they are connected
to the same wire even though they may actually be
physically located on different segments of a LAN. VLANs
are configured through software rather than hardware, which
makes them extremely flexible.
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