User's Manual

AT-S79 Management Software User’s Guide
Section I: Using the Menus Interface 73
VLANs can be used to control the flow of data in your network, since the
traffic generated by an end-node in a VLAN is restricted to the other end-
nodes in the same VLAN. In addition, VLANs can prevent data from
flowing to unauthorized end-nodes.
Types of VLANs The AT-GS950/16 and AT-GS950/24 switches support the following types
of VLANs:
 Port-based VLANs
 Tagged VLANs
The VLANs are described in the following sections.