LAN EMULATION SUBSYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL LANS

摘要

An apparatus and method are disclosed for efficiently supporting multiple VLAN's (44, 46, 48, 50) over an emulated LAN (80) having a plurality of distributed LAN emulation servers (42). Each distributed LAN emulation server (42) in an emulated LAN (80) has a list of VLAN's that are reachable over each of its preestablished output connections. Each distributed LAN emulation server (42) in the emulated LAN (80) also has a predetermined threshold value for determining the most efficient utilization of its preestablished output connections.