VLAN definition

VLAN means virtual LAN.
VLAN means a data communication network, configured using the IEEE 802.1q standard that logically interconnects computers and network devices, allowing a group of hosts to communicate, regardless of Location, as if they were attached to the same physical media.

Examples of VLAN in a sentence

  • Computershare shall disable unnecessary network access points to prevent unauthorized devices from accessing the Customer VLAN.

  • Computershare Personnel may not use PDAs to access devices with the Customer VLAN.

  • The SIC™ technology platform includes: • campus-wide high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity • security (firewall, independent VLAN, user access controls) • tenant specific user access controls (per company) • operation during power outages Tenants may: • Connect and manage employees’ campus-wide access to the SIC™ Platform.

  • ISS iNS1019POL - Network Security Internet Only VLAN Implementation.pdf Data Center Network Security Remote Access Security The purpose of this document is to explain the attributes of perimeter access control devices.

  • The ATM switch feeds a Catalyst 5500 for support of the VLAN and PVC mappings.


More Definitions of VLAN

VLAN means a logical grouping of end stations within a bridged infrastructure, also known as Virtual LAN.
VLAN means the Virtual Local Access Network;
VLAN means virtual local area network. “VPN” means virtual private network. “VRF” means VPN Routing Forwarding.
VLAN is a Virtual LAN which means a broadcast domain partitioned and isolated in a computer network at the OSI layer-2 as defined by IEEE standard 802.1Q;
VLAN means Virtual Local Area Network. While an actual definition is quite technical, VLAN and Virtual Private Networks (VPN) are ways to use software to create a private communications network. While other broadband circuits may share the same fiber optic and electronics that provide the seller’s lit bandwidth, by using software controls and electronics programming, the traffic for a particular circuit or group of circuits can be made private and virtually as secure as if the network had its own dedicated fiber optic strands and electronics.
VLAN or “Virtual Local Area Network” means a connection of two locations within the Supplier’s Network so as to create therein an Ethernet virtual local area network that enables data transfer between the locations connected by the same virtual network and prevents data transfer between locations that are not part of the same virtual network.
VLAN means a virtual local area network. A VLAN is a method of creating independent logical networks within a physical network. VLAN tagging is the practice of inserting a VLAN ID into a packet header in order to identify which VLAN the packet belongs to.