In the IP based Ethernet networks, data and voice services are often transmitted simultaneously over the network. Voice traffic, in particular, requires a higher forwarding priority than data traffic.

At home I generally set all switches with a native VLAN of the main LAN and tagged to the guest LAN. I know this is probably not optimal, but I'm wondering how bad it really is? I get that it probably ...

Lately, I’ve heard many mentions, pro and con, of using virtual LANs to solve QoS challenges in wireless LANs. If like me, you’ve been confused by some of this talk, read on. First, several vendors ...

In Cisco LAN switch environments, the native VLAN is typically untagged on 802.1Q trunk ports. This can lead to a security vulnerability in your network environment. It is a best practice to ...

VLANs break a physical LAN into several logical broadcast domains. Each LAN station hears traffic sent by its own VLAN but receives nothing from stations in other VLANs -- not even from those ...

This is very simple - I have a laptop with an Intel i219-LM NIC, running WIndows 10. Latest drivers and patches. The NIC supports VLANs and teaming with Intel drivers. I want to use this to create 3/4 ...