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The Case for Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)

Overview The virtual LAN is a recent addition to the history of Ethernet. The VLAN was introduced to solve a number of networking issues. In this whitepaper you will learn about the evolution of Ethernet, the reasons VLANs were introduced, and the ways that VLANs can be used. You will also learn about the networking standards that address the VLAN implementation.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Global Knowledge	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2007	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	Ethernet, Local Area Networks (LAN), Virtualization

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ethernet

Innovation Network Lecture Series: The Journey Towards the Converged Data Center - Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and ISCSI

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A Clear Path to 100Gigabit Ethernet on the Alcatel-Lucent Service Router Portfolio

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Has Gigabit Ethernet come of age?

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Technologies that time forgot: 100VGAnyLan

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VoIP primer: How it works - and what the jargon means

The former is a way of ensuring application performance in Ethernet networks, the latter in IP-based or IP-encapsulated wide area networks. On private networks - LAN, WAN or in the carrier's core - application performance can be assured using two...

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voip

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