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Chapter 4: Web-Based Management 
GE-DS-242-PoE Managed Ethernet Switch User Manual 
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on another switch port, VLAN considerations come into play to decide if the packet is 
dropped by the Switch or delivered. 
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs 
IEEE 802.1Q (tagged) VLAN are implemented on the Switch. 802.1Q VLAN require 
tagging, which enables them to span the entire network (assuming all switches on 
the network are IEEE 802.1Q-compliant). 
VLAN allow a network to be segmented in order to reduce the size of broadcast 
domains. All packets entering a VLAN will only be forwarded to the stations (over IEEE 
802.1Q enabled switches) that are members of that VLAN, and this includes 
broadcast, multicast and unicast packets from unknown sources. 
VLAN can also provide a level of security to your network. IEEE 802.1Q VLAN will only 
deliver packets between stations that are members of the VLAN. Any port can be 
configured as either tagging or untagging. The untagging feature of IEEE 802.1Q 
VLAN allows VLAN to work with legacy switches that don't recognize VLAN tags in 
packet headers. The tagging feature allows VLAN to span multiple 802.1Q-compliant 
switches through a single physical connection and allows Spanning Tree to be 
enabled on all ports and work normally. 
Any port can be configured as either tagging or untagging. The untagging feature of 
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN allows VLAN to work with legacy switches that don't recognize 
VLAN tags in packet headers. The tagging feature allows VLAN to span multiple 
802.1Q-compliant switches through a single physical connection and allows 
Spanning Tree to be enabled on all ports and work normally. 
Some relevant terms: 
- Tagging - The act of putting 802.1Q VLAN information into the header of a packet. 
- Untagging - The act of stripping 802.1Q VLAN information out of the packet header. 
802.1Q VLAN Tags 
The figure below shows the 802.1Q VLAN tag. There are four additional octets 
inserted after the source MAC address. Their presence is indicated by a value of 
0x8100 in the Ether Type field. When a packet's Ether Type field is equal to 0x8100, 
the packet carries the IEEE 802.1Q/802.1p tag. The tag is contained in the following 
two octets and consists of 3 bits of user priority, 1 bit of Canonical Format Identifier 
(CFI - used for encapsulating Token Ring packets so they can be carried across 
Ethernet backbones), and 12 bits of VLAN ID (VID). The 3 bits of user priority are used 
by 802.1p. The VID is the VLAN identifier and is used by the 802.1Q standard. Because 
the VID is 12 bits long, 4094 unique VLAN can be identified. 
The tag is inserted into the packet header making the entire packet longer by 4 
octets. All of the information originally contained in the packet is retained.