Re: Different terms for the same or more secure?

["Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)" <hylton () conacher co za>]

eliterhythm () gmail com wrote:
> Hey hylton,
>            The main advantage of having a VLAN is that they provide physical independence while defining a logical entity. 
> Say one of your account person sits on first floor & in accounts vlan can be in the same subnet with the other account 
> person who sits at 10th floor.
>            However VLAN as a term, generally is considered to define a single subnet but you can also define two or 
> more subnets in a single VLAN.
>
> In simplest words u can c a vlan as advanced stage of a subnet with many advanced options and facilities.
>          As per the security is concern, i cant see one more secure than another. both are eqally secure (or unsecure) however a vlan is much more flexible than a subnet.                
Why and what(how) makes a VLAN more flexible? Using your example of a 
single accounts person from the tenth floor sitting on the 1st floor, 
all I would need to do for physical subnetting is make sure the 1st 
floor accounts person' PC had the same subnet as those on the 10th floor.

In the end can I say that a VLAN is a LAN segment within a LAN exactly 
as a subnet is a LAN segment inside a LAN ie a VLAN is a subnet?


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