Have you been told that VLANs are the ultimate solution to your network woes? That they’ll magically secure your infrastructure, eliminate complexity, and solve all your traffic management headaches?

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For all VLANs, my router and ESXi box are "tagged" ports. Everything else is untagged. I'm now upgrading to a Dell Powerconnect 2816 and I'm a bit confused. The problem is that VLAN 1 cannot be ...

To start, I know virtually (unintended pun) nothing about VLANs. I have a NVR for a new security system that basically has an Ethernet port meant for the cameras (with it's own DHCP server) and an ...

I'm deep in the middle of planning my next home network upgrades, putting the knowledge I gained from the last upgrades not quite working out to good use. I made some mistakes, I'm sure they won't be ...

For some exam questions, the question doesn’t tell you in which VLAN the frame exists – you must somehow infer it from the available information. Monday’s question did exactly that. Unlike last week’s ...