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What are VLANs used for?

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VLANs provide the capability so virtually segregate traffic on a network. VLANs work by tagging traffic packets and ensuring that packets with separate VLAN IDs are only available at ports which have been configured for that VLAN ID.

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The main one is broadcast traffic reduction on a LAN.

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VLAN's allow more than one layer-2 network to exist on a switch. When trunking between switches, it also allows hosts on different switches to be in the same layer-2 network.

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