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The firewall supports the usage of virtual local area networks (VLAN). A VLAN is a virtual network within a physical network. The usage of VLAN is especially in the following cases reasonable:
A solution for the problems above is the usage of VLANs. VLANs can be created at one switch or over several switches and can also be used for multi-site networks. Creating VLANs is not so extensive than using seperated routers and switches to divide the physical networks.
How does it work
Each VLAN receives an own definite number. This number is called VLAN ID. A device with VLAN ID 1, is able to communicate with every other device in the same VLAN, but not with a device in another VLAN with the ID=2,3,...
NOTE: Creating the VLAN interface after clicking the button "Save" can take a few minutes. Please be patient.
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