Vlan Week 4

University of Phoenix |

VLAN

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Axia College

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This paper will discuss the benefits of creating a VLAN for our new company. It will also discuss a plan for bandwidth consumption and improved security. The paper will go into VLAN membership, the type of switch that will be used, types of trunking configured on that switch, as well as the benefits of using the VLAN trunk protocol. Definition of the VTP mode used to configure the switches and a backup plan will also be discussed.

The benefits of creating a VLAN for our new business are that every department will still be connected to one another without having to be in the same location as before. Since some employees are being moved off-site, they will still need to be connected to their groups. A VLAN would allow these groups to do that. Another benefit of having a VLAN is that the members of said group will still have shared services and the security that goes with a physical LAN. A VLAN will also allow the changing of members from one group to another with software rather than physically moving computers, wires, and other devices.

Bandwidth consumption will be a major issue for our company, so breaking up the network into different segments is a must. I would keep each group in the same segment even though the company is moving employees to different locations in the building and off-site. By breaking up the network, it will keep the bandwidth consumption down. Segments keep consumption down because each segment will be its own isolated broadcast domain.

The switch I would use for this network is a layer 3 switch. Besides taking the place of the router, it is optimized for high-performance LAN support. This would help in cutting down collisions, increasing bandwidth efficiency. There would be a switch used for each group in the company totaling four switches. The trunking method used on each switch is the IEEE 802.1Q. This method is necessary because we will be using a nonproprietary VLAN...