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What is a VLAN? What is an ELAN? What is the difference?
Posted by hema sundar Dec 15, 2006
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Paresh Sharma
Dec 16, 2006

VLAN -- Virtual Local Area Network

ELAN -- Emulated Local Area Network
Difference between these two are as follows:-
An ELAN is a type of VLAN  over an ATM network. However, it is defined at the MAC layer while VLANs may be defined by a MAC layer or by a IP address, including by protocols.

  
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