Q:

How do I know if an off the shelf switch is vlan capable?

I have a managed switch that handles the vlan config. VoIP phones run on one, everything else on another. I need to buy some off the shelf switches due to the difficulty of adding another drop in some locations of our office. How can I tell if an off the shelf dumb switch will work with the vlan setup?

A:

So after some trial and error I have discovered that off the shelf switches manufactured in the last few years will handle this traffic correctly. There is a bit of guesswork required though, because none of them seem to give any information one way or the other.

