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Improve network performance with virtual LANs (VLANs)
Overview
This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' CCNA Self-Study: Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, 2nd Edition, shows you how virtual LANs (VLANs) improve network performance by controlling broadcasts. The chapter explains the following:
- How to identify and operate a VLAN
- How to configure a VLAN to improve network performance
- The switch's role in VLAN creation
- How network devices communicate about VLANs
- The need for and operation of the VLAN Trunking Protocol
- Configure the Catalyst Switch for VLAN operation
Title: CCNA Self-Study: Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 1587051427
Published: November 19, 2003
Author: Steve McQuerry
Chapter: Chapter 3: Extending Switched Networks with Virtual LANs
Published by Cisco Press
Included with this free sample chapter is a Cisco Press offer to save 30 percent on the complete CCNA Self-Study: Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, 2nd Edition.
Further White Paper Details
| Publisher | TechRepublic |
File Format | PDF |
| Date Published | June 2005 |
Downloads | 98 |
| Format | Downloads |
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