ZyXEL Communications XGS-4526 User Manual

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Chapter 8 Basic Setting
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8.4  Introduction to VLANs 
A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) allows a physical network to be partitioned 
into multiple logical networks. Devices on a logical network belong to one group. A 
device can belong to more than one group. With VLAN, a device cannot directly 
talk to or hear from devices that are not in the same group(s); the traffic must 
first go through a router.
In MTU (Multi-Tenant Unit) applications, VLAN is vital in providing isolation and 
security among the subscribers. When properly configured, VLAN prevents one 
subscriber from accessing the network resources of another on the same LAN, 
thus a user will not see the printers and hard disks of another user on the same 
network. 
VLAN also increases network performance by limiting broadcasts to a smaller and 
more manageable logical broadcast domain. In traditional switched environments, 
all broadcast packets go to each and every individual port. With VLAN, all 
broadcasts are confined to a specific broadcast domain. 
Note: VLAN is unidirectional; it only governs outgoing traffic.
 for information on port-based and 802.1Q tagged 
VLANs. 
End Date
Configure the day and time when Daylight Saving Time ends if you 
selected Daylight Saving Time. The time field uses the 24 hour 
format. Here are a couple of examples:
Daylight Saving Time ends in the United States on the last Sunday of 
October. Each time zone in the United States stops using Daylight Saving 
Time at 2 A.M. local time. So in the United States you would select First
SundayNovember and 2:00.
Daylight Saving Time ends in the European Union on the last Sunday of 
October. All of the time zones in the European Union stop using Daylight 
Saving Time at the same moment (1 A.M. GMT or UTC). So in the 
European Union you would select LastSundayOctober and the last 
field depends on your time zone. In Germany for instance, you would 
select 2:00 because Germany's time zone is one hour ahead of GMT or 
UTC (GMT+1). 
Apply
Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The 
Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the 
Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-
volatile memory when you are done configuring.
Cancel
Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
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