VLANs, trunking, EtherChannel, spanning tree, port security, and wireless architecture and WLAN components.
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- What is a VLAN?
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A logical grouping of devices on a network regardless of physical location- What VLAN is the default management VLAN on Cisco switches?
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VLAN 1- What are the normal and extended VLAN ranges?
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Normal: 1 to 1005, Extended: 1006 to 4094- What is a native VLAN?
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The VLAN to which untagged frames belong on a trunk port- What does VLAN membership achieve in a network?
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Separates devices into different broadcast domains- What are the two main methods of assigning a device to a VLAN?
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Static assignment by port and dynamic assignment by MAC address- What is a trunk port?
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A port that carries traffic for multiple VLANs using frame tagging- What is 802.1Q?
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IEEE standard for VLAN tagging that adds a 4-byte header to Ethernet frames- What is ISL?
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Inter-Switch Link, a Cisco proprietary VLAN trunking protocol now deprecated- What determines which VLAN untagged frames belong to on a trunk?
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The native VLAN of the trunk port- What is DTP?
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Dynamic Trunking Protocol used to automatically negotiate trunk formation between switches- What does the allowed VLAN list on a trunk do?
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Restricts which VLANs are permitted to traverse that specific trunk port- What is EtherChannel?
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A technology that aggregates multiple physical links into a single logical link- What benefits does EtherChannel provide?
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Increased bandwidth and link redundancy- What is PAgP?
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Port Aggregation Protocol, a Cisco proprietary protocol for EtherChannel negotiation
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