A managed switch can be used to provide one of the VLANs on an access port. Btw, you don't necessarily need a managed switch for VLANs capabilities. Some cheap unmanaged SOHO switches, e.g. from Netgear also have VLAN capabilities. The reason, why the are called "unmanaged" is probably,
James Knott wrote: that the do not have real management and monitoring functions, they only have a PC configuration software which works, if the PC is directly connected to the switch. Also some routers have VLAN capabilities. Unfortunately not all of them provide VLAN functions to their web access, probably because the VLAN configuration might be too difficult for most customers. Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org