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Virtual LANs and VLAN Trunking

Virtual LANs
In an Ethernet LAN, a set of devices that receive a broadcast sent by any one of the devices in the same set is called a broadcast domain. With VLANs and IP, best practices dictate a one-to-one relationship between VLANs and IP subnets. Simply put, the devices in a single VLAN are typically also in the same single IP subnet.Alternately, it is possible to put multiple subnets in one VLAN, and use secondary IP addresses on routers to route between the VLANs and subnets. Private VLANs Conceptually, a private VLAN includes the following general characterizations of how ports communicate: Ports that need to communicate with all devices Ports that need to communicate with each other, and with shared devices, typically routers Ports that need to communicate only with shared devices

Isl And 802.1Q Concepts

ISL and 802.1Q differ in how they add a header to the Ethernet frame before sending it over a trunk. ISL adds a new 26-byte header, plus a new trailer (to allow for the new FCS value), encapsulating the original frame. This encapsulating header uses the source address of the

device doing the trunking, instead of the source MAC of the original frame. ISL uses a multicast destination address of either 0100.0C00.0000 or 0300.0C00.0000. 802.1Q inserts a 4-byte header, called a tag, into the original frame (right after the Source Address field). The original frames addresses are left intact. Normally, an Ethernet controller would expect to find either an Ethernet Type field or 802.3 Length field right after the Source Address field.