User's Manual

Components 537
Trace Path
The Trace Path functionality in 3Com Network Director only shows the
physical path(s) between two devices on the network. It does not take
into account the presence of VLANs. This means that if the two selected
devices are on different VLANs, the path shown may be different from
the actual path taken by packets going from one device to the other.
Packets sent from a device on one VLAN will have to take a path through
a router to reach the device on the other VLAN. This path is unlikely to be
the same as the physical path between the two devices. For further
information see the “
Trace Path” section onpage 188.
Create VLAN wizard
The Create VLAN wizard guides you through the process of creating a
brand new VLAN on your network.
Launching the wizard
Before launching the wizard, you should select those links and devices on
your network map on which you wish to create the new VLAN. Then
using the right-click VLAN > Create a VLAN menu option, or the main
window Device > VLAN > Create a VLAN menu option, launch the Create
VLAN wizard. For example:
Figure 285 Create VLAN Wizard