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Difference between isolated port and protected port

steve_mils
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Hi,

Can anybody explain to me the difference between an isolated port (think Private VLAN) and a protected port (switchport protected). I'm struggling to find resources that adequately explain it!

Thanks!

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Edison Ortiz
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There are very similar.

The protected port does not communicate with other protected ports but it communicates with other non-protected ports. In order for a protected port to communicate to another protected port is by using a default gateway (Layer3).

Isolated port can only communicate with Promiscuous ports. It can't communicate with other Isolated ports or community ports.

As I stated, both offer about the same feature but the reason both are available is due to not all hardware support Private Vlan. If I recall correctly, Private Vlan was implemented starting with 3560 switches. 3550 do not support Private Vlans.

HTH,

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Edison.

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Edison Ortiz
Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame

There are very similar.

The protected port does not communicate with other protected ports but it communicates with other non-protected ports. In order for a protected port to communicate to another protected port is by using a default gateway (Layer3).

Isolated port can only communicate with Promiscuous ports. It can't communicate with other Isolated ports or community ports.

As I stated, both offer about the same feature but the reason both are available is due to not all hardware support Private Vlan. If I recall correctly, Private Vlan was implemented starting with 3560 switches. 3550 do not support Private Vlans.

HTH,

__

Edison.

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