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Introduction to Networking: Part 2, A Few More Basics

Scott Lowe

A virtual LAN , aka a VLAN , allows you to have this ability. Similar Posts: VMware ESX, NIC Teaming, and VLAN Trunking with HP ProCurve. This means that, by default, every host plugged into a switch will automatically be part of the same broadcast domain. Defined in its simplest terms, a VLAN is a layer 2 broadcast domain.

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