Vlan - Motorola Netopia 2200 Series User Manual

VLAN

Link:
When you click VLAN, the VLANs page appears.
Overview
A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a network of computers or other devices that
behave as if they are connected to the same wire even though they may be physically
located on different segments of a LAN. You set up VLANs by configuring the Gateway soft-
ware rather than hardware. This makes VLANs very flexible. VLANs behave like separate
and independent networks.
Beginning with Version 7.7.4, VLANs are now strictly layer 2 entities. They can be thought
of as virtual Ethernet switches, into which can be added: Ethernet ports, router IP inter-
faces, ATM PVC/VCC interfaces, SSIDs, and any other physical port such as USB, HPNA,
or MOCA. This allows great flexibility on how the components of a system are connected to
each other.
VLANs are part of Motorola's VGx Virtual Gateway technology which allows individual port-
based VLANs to be treated as separate and distinct "channels." When data is passed to a
Motorola Netopia VGx-enabled broadband gateway, specific policies, routing, and prioritiza-
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