VLANs on Cisco switch or EtherSwitch card

VLANs

VLANs concept is very well known to separate network traffic on single switch to increase security. This allows more clearer network design minimizing needs for an additional hardware to deployed. The below example has been tested on Cisco 1900 series router eqquipped with EHWIC-4ESG-P EtherSwitch card. This configuration supports up to 16 VLANs but higher end devices can support up to 4096 VLANs. Please refer to your device documentation for more details. Continue reading