I've been configuring VLANs on our network, and have run into a bit of a problem. So far I have a 3com 3950 which is a layer 3 switch, and 3com 4226 which i believe is only layer 2. Main network ...

Once your home network grows a little more complex, you soon realize that grouping devices into virtual local area networks (VLANs) makes a lot of sense, both from a security and administrative ...

Charlene, They are technically not the same. However, in practice, often they are implemented as if they were equivalent. A VLAN is created by grouping devices based on their hardware or mac addresses ...