RE: Virtual LAN?

Steve Yates <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.m0n0wall
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GD Incorporation wrote on Wed, Nov 10 2010 at 9:22 pm:

> Can anyine explain to me how to use VLAN in monowall. Do I need a 3rd LAN
> CARD? What is it actually for? I have read few description over the internet
> and it seems that VLAN is for creating a network or a group of computers
> from different Switches, IP pool etc and make them think they are in one
> same IP Pool so they can communicate by using TAG.

	I have not used it in m0n0wall, but in general VLANs are used to prevent groups of computers from communicating with each other, even though they share wiring.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLAN

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Steve Yates
ITS, Inc.
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