About protocol-based VLANs
Protocol-based VLANs are an effective way to segment your network into broadcast domains according to the network protocols in use. Traffic generated by any network protocol--IPX, Appletalk, PPPoE--can be automatically confined to its own VLAN.
All ports within a protocol-based VLAN must be in the same port-based VLAN. However, the same port within a port-based VLAN can belong to multiple protocol-based VLANs. Port tagging is not required for a port to be a member of multiple protocol-based VLANs.
The 8000 Series switch supports the following protocol-based VLANs:
- IP version 4 (ip)
- Novell IPX on Ethernet 802.3 frames (ipx802dot3)
- Novell IPX on IEEE 802.2 frames (ipx802dot2)
- Novell IPX on Ethernet SNAP frames (ipxSnap)
- Novell IPX on Ethernet Type 2 frames (ipxEthernet2)
- AppleTalk on Ethernet Type 2 and Ethernet SNAP frames (AppleTalk)
- DEC LAT Protocol (decLat)
- Other DEC protocols (decOther)
- IBM SNA on IEEE 802.2 frames (sna802dot2)
- IBM SNA on Ethernet Type 2 frames (snaEthernet2)
- NetBIOS Protocol (netBIOS)
- Xerox XNS (xns)
- Banyan VINES (vines)
- IP version 6 (ipv6)
- Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)
- Point-to-point protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE)
- User-defined protocols
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