SEMINAR ON

VIRTUAL LAN TECHNOLOGY

Basic Devices In Network Backbone

1. Bridges

2. Switches

3. Routers

4. Hubs
 LAN
 Local Area Network is network of computers located
within the same area

 Network as a single broadcast domain

 Routers take more time to process incoming data

 VLAN
 VLAN stands for Virtual Local Area Network.
 Viewed as a group of devices on different physical LAN

 can communicate with each other as if they were all on the

same physical LAN

• Configured through software rather than hardware

• extremely flexible
Multi-Switch VLAN
Multi-Switch VLAN cont.
 Works the same way as a Single-Switch VLAN, except:

 Several switches are used

Advantage:
 Incresed performance
 Increased security option
Benefit of VLANs
The key benefit of VLANs is that they permit the
network administrator to organize the LAN logically
instead of physically.
 Why use VLAN’s.?
 Performance

 Formation of virtual workgroups

 Simplified administration

 Reduced cost

 Security
 Disadvantages

1. Communication Problem

2.Complexity

3.Capacity

4.Infection
 Conclusion
 Reduce the cost of dealing with moves and changes

 For organizations,
 seen as an added benefit
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