To begin, we must have a more formal definition of what a LAN is. LAN stands for local area network. Hubs and switches usually are thought of as participating in a single LAN. Normally, if you connect ...

The real question is do you want this device to be pushing/popping STags or just passing them along. Most ASICs shouldn't have an issue with the latter but if you need it to manipulate tags it's ...

I was wondering, would it be possible for a Linux server to be fed thousands of VLANs over an interface and then route IP packets over those interfaces? In other words, one NIC on the Linux server is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When set up correctly, virtual LANs improve the performance of busy networks. VLANs can group client devices that communicate ...

The VXLAN technology introduced by Cisco and VMware this week is intended to scale VLANs to accommodate the exploding number of virtual machines in the virtualized data center. In addition to Cisco ...

It's no surprise that Linux makes a great router and firewall. A lesser-known fact is that you also can use Linux as an Ethernet bridge and VLAN switch, and that these features are similarly powerful, ...

It's never too late to split up your network.