Originally posted by: BZeto
Are VLANS widely used in current networks?
Also, is vlan administration done entirely through the switch interface? Do IP addresses matter at all in a VLAN?
Just some things that were never clear to me.
Thanks
Originally posted by: cmetz
spidey07, a lot of medium sized enterprises use L2-only switches slaving off of one L3 switch, and carry VLAN trunks between them. The downside is that you route between VLAN x and VLAN y on an L2 switch by going up to the L3 switch and back, but if your traffic levels are low and it's a gigabit link, it's very cost effective. So I wouldn't quite agree with your statement about VLANs only within a closet. I see a lot of folks who use them building-wide.