{"id":2016,"date":"2011-04-08T12:27:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T12:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/web-hosting\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:04:35","slug":"what-is-vlan-how-do-i-create-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/what-is-vlan-how-do-i-create-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is VLAN &#8211; How Do I Create It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>What is a VLAN?<\/strong><br \/>VLAN stands for Virtual Local Area Network.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Technically, VLAN or virtual LAN is a domain created for broadcast. Usually, this broadcast domain created by the router switch.<br \/>The administrator has to put some switch ports in a VLAN other than the default one. All the ports in one VLAN in a single broadcast domain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>How do I create a VLAN?<\/strong><br \/>The configuration of VLANs depends on the different types of Cisco switches. However, the commands can differ but the objective remains the same:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Create new VLANs<\/li>\r\n<li>Add every port in the correct VLAN<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For eg, if we want to create VLANs 5 and 10, we will put ports 2 &amp; 3 in VLAN 5 (Marketing) and ports 4 and 5 in VLAN 10 (Human Resources). If you are using a Cisco 2950 switch, you will have to follow the following procedure:<br \/><br \/>Now, there should be communication between only ports 2 and 3, and ports 4 &amp; 5. This is so because each one of them is in itself a VLAN. To enable communication between devices located on port 2 and port 4, a trunk port needs to be configured to a router. 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