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Hi guys, I have a question about VLANs.

What is the difference between:

  • create a VLAN “A” applied on ether2
  • add an ip address on ether2

and

  • create a VLAN “A” applied on ether2
  • add an ip address on VLAN “A”

Thanks in advance, Simone.

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  • create a VLAN “A” applied on ether2
  • add an ip address on ether2

In this example there would be no IP address on the VLAN that would respond for VLAN tagged packets. The IP would respond for untagged traffic on ether2.

  • create a VLAN “A” applied on ether2
  • add an ip address on VLAN “A”

In this example the IP would be active on tagged traffic and not on untagged traffic on ether2.

Does that answer your question?