the smart switch supports port-based vi.ans. a port-based vlan allows the administrator to assign individual ports on a switch to a vlan. vlan (virtual lan) is a logical grouping that allows stations to communicate as if they were physically connected to a single lan, independent of the actual physical configuration of a network. vlans provide greater network efficiency by reducing broadcast traffic, but also allow you to make network changes without having to update ip addresses or ip subnets.

    the smart switch provides 32 vlans on the network, included 31 manually-configurable vlans and one default vlan group (the 32 vlan be pre-set as grouping from portl to port17).

    configuring vlan management steps

    step 1: to select the vlan group that you want to join by typing a number from 1 to 31 as shown figure 4.

   

    step 2: after you select the vlan group, you will be able to add port members to the vi.an group you selected. the screen similar to figure 5 appears.

    to mark the "v" on the vlan group field for port which join to vlan.

   

    before you select the vlan ports, you are able to view a summary of vlan groups and vlan port, press [v], then the screen will display the summary as shown figure 6.

   

    option 2: rapid vlan configuration

    the smart switch also supports rapid vlan configuration for one-port per vlan group by pressing [ctrl+s], and then system will select the vlan members automatically. each vlan group is consisted of ist port (or 2nd, 3rd, .... 16th port) with 17th uplink port.

    after press [ctrl+s]: