TP-LINK TD-W8970 User Manual

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TD-W8970 
300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide
 
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4.5.3  Interface Grouping 
Choose “Network”Æ“Interface  Grouping”, you can view all the current groups on this page 
(shown in Figure 4-15).  
 
Figure 4-15 
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  VLAN: Enable or disable this function. Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a group of devices on one or 
more LANs that are configured so that they can communicate as if they were attached to the 
same LAN. Because VLANs are based on logical instead of physical connections, it is very 
flexible for user/host management, bandwidth allocation and resource optimization. If you 
want to use Interface Grouping function, please enable VLAN.   
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Note: 
It is not allowed to disable the VLAN with Ethernet Connection enabled. 
To support this feature, you must create mapping groups with appropriate LAN and WAN 
interfaces using the Add button. The Remove button will remove the grouping and add the 
ungrouped interfaces to the Default group. Only the default group has IP interface. 
Click the Add button. You can add a new interface group in the next screen. For example, you 
want LAN1 and LAN3 to be a group called Group 1 over br_8_35_0 WAN interface, you can refer 
to the following figure.   
 
Figure 4-16 
Click Save to make the entry effective immediately