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Do More With Less: Port-Based VLANs
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              | When is a Switch Like a Router?  Port-based VLANs are specific to their switches, and cannot cross multiple switches. However, you can make a smart switch function like a router. Let's say that three ports are not enough for VLAN East; you want to connect more hosts. You could buy a bigger smart switch. Or you can uplink a second switch to one of VLAN East's ports, like this:
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  | Thanks! | techiem2 | 5 | 1,688 | Feb  4, 2008 9:22 AM | 
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