Answer to Question #205080 in Computer Networks for Lunga Mavimbela

Question

discuss by giving an example of a situation in which a virtual LAN might be a useful tool in both the business environment and in an educational environment.

Answer 1

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Virtual LANS are important in grouping hosts and separating traffic from one group of hosts to the other. VLANs are useful in all sectors where such needs are required.

In business environment VLANs can be used to group users of different departments irrespective of their geographical location in the entire organization. Employees belonging to the same department can be placed in the same VLAN.

In an educational environment, users belonging to similar faculties can be grouped together. In addition, students public accessible WiFi can be placed in single VLAN to ensure security on traffic coming from such insecure network. Employees belonging to various departments such as Finance, Admission and academics can also be grouped in their respective VLANs in the institution.