

You see the VLANs are created successfully.ĥ. Just type the “ do sh vlan” command from config mod to see whether VLANs are created or not. Now create the VLANs using “ VLAN” command. First, change the switch name with “ hostname” command.Įnter configuration commands, one per line. Open the VLAN lab and create these three VLAN and named Marketing, Accounting, and Sales. So let’s create them with the following commands.Ģ. You can download the VLAN Lab or create your lab within Cisco packet tracer or other network simulators. Let’s start to configure VLAN on Cisco switch using Cisco Packet Tracer. Read more about VLAN on Cisco Packet Tracer CCNA Lab. Here we just configure VLAN on Cisco switch and not talking about VTP, STP, and other advanced Switching techniques. Because a VLAN is considered a separate logical network. Any switch port can belong to a VLAN, and unicast, broadcast, and multicast packets are forwarded and flooded only to end stations in the VLAN.Įach VLAN is considered a logical network, and packets destined for stations that do not belong to the VLAN must be forwarded through a router or bridge or layer 3 switches. VLANs have the same attributes as physical LANs, but you can group computers even if they are not physically located on the same LAN segment. A VLAN is a switched network that is logically segmented by function, project team, or application, without regard to the physical locations of the users.

This is how to configure VLAN on Cisco Switch or Virtual LAN on Cisco Switches in your network.
