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Configuring an active or passive VLAN type
You can configure a VLAN as active or passive when the interface is disabled.
To configure an active or passive VLAN type:
- From the Device Manager, choose VLAN > VLAN.
| The VLAN dialog box opens with the Basic tab displayed. |
- Select a VLAN and click IP.
| The IP, VLAN dialog box opens with the IP Address tab displayed. |
- Click the DVMRP tab.
| The DVMRP tab opens and displays the DVMRP configuration options. |
- Configure the interface type as follows:, make sure the interface is disabled.
| The Enable checkbox should not be selected. If the interface is enabled, disable the interface by deselecting the Enable checkbox. |
- To set the interface to passive, select passive from the InterfaceType field.
- To set the interface to active, select active from the InterfaceType field.
- If you had to disable the interface to change the interface type, re-enable the interface by selecting the Enable checkbox.
- Click Apply to save the new configuration.