Allied Telesis AT-2973T Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 8: Setting Advanced Properties

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Priority allows you to prioritize traffic or limit bandwidth instead of treating 
all traffic in the same manner. A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a 
logical area network that extends beyond a traditional LAN to a group 
of logical LANs. By default, this property is enabled.

To set the port priority and assign a VLAN ID, do the following:

1. Access the Advanced tab:

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For Windows Server 2003 Operating systems, see “Selecting the 
Advanced Tab in Windows Server 2003” on page 100. 

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For Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 
7 Operating systems, see “Selecting the Advanced Tab in 
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows 7” 
on page 103.

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For Windows Operating systems, see “Selecting the Advanced 
Tab in Windows Vista” on page 104. 

The Advanced tab is shown in Figure 19 on page 102.

2. From the Property list on the Advanced tab, select “Priority & VLAN.”

3. From the Value list on the Advanced tab, select one of the following:

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4. Click OK.

5. If prompted to restart your computer, click Yes. 

Although it is not necessary to reboot the system for new adapter 
properties to take effect, rebooting is recommended to reinitialize all 
registers. 

6. Verify that the port LEDs are operating correctly. See one of the 

following descriptions:

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