Access and trunk ports
If you consider to
use VLANs in your network, then you will need to configure some port on switch
as access port and trunk ports. Below is a description each ports type:
·
Access port – A port that can be assigned to
single VLANs. This type of ports is configured on switch ports that are responsible
for connecting to end devices such as computer, printers etc.
·
Trunk port – A port which is connected to
another switch port. This type of ports can carry traffic of multi VLANs, so
this enabled you to extend VLANs across your all network. And frames are tagged
by assign VLAN ID to each frames as they traverse between switch.
The below example
illustrate the difference:-
In the above network
example, the switch port connected to computers would be configured as access
port. The port that connect switch together would be configured as trunk port.
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