[TriLUG] OT - gigabit switches

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

Also, take a look at: 

http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~jain/cis788-97/ftp/virtual_lans/index.htm

...this gives you some more information (and pictures) -- and sometimes
pictures help explain things more than words ever could :). 

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From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Christopher L Merrill
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:16 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT - gigabit switches

Ryan Leathers wrote:
> I would expect a lab environment to make tremendous use of VLANs.

Ok...I've read the Wikipedia definition of VLANs, and I can see how they
might be useful in a large network.  If it matters, we never run
multiple simultaneous load tests in our lab.  The rest of our office is
on a separate switch (same network mask)...but connected to the lab via
the lab switch.

So, forgive my ignorance, what problem would a VLAN solve for me?

Chris

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