Set up a VLAN on Mac
A virtual local area network (VLAN) is a method of creating independent virtual networks within a physical network. Using a VLAN can help you with network administration by allowing you to separate segments of the LAN (like departments of a company) that shouldn’t exchange data using the LAN.
A VLAN is made up of computers that behave as if they were connected to the same network, even though they may be connected to different physical networks. Network administrators can manage VLANs using software instead of hardware.
You can set up a VLAN service using Network settings.
- On your Mac, choose Apple menu
> System Settings, then click Network in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.) Open Network settings for me
, then choose Manage Virtual Interfaces.
, then choose New VLAN.Set up a VLAN on Mac
A virtual local area network (VLAN) is a method of creating independent virtual networks within a physical network. Using a VLAN can help you with network administration by allowing you to separate segments of the LAN (like departments of a company) that shouldn’t exchange data using the LAN.
A VLAN is made up of computers that behave as if they were connected to the same network, even though they may be connected to different physical networks. Network administrators can manage VLANs using software instead of hardware.
You can set up a VLAN service using Network settings.
- On your Mac, choose Apple menu
> System Settings, then click Network in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.) Open Network settings for me
, then choose Manage Virtual Interfaces.
, then choose New VLAN.Set up a VLAN on Mac
A virtual local area network (VLAN) is a method of creating independent virtual networks within a physical network. Using a VLAN can help you with network administration by allowing you to separate segments of the LAN (like departments of a company) that shouldn’t exchange data using the LAN.
A VLAN is made up of computers that behave as if they were connected to the same network, even though they may be connected to different physical networks. Network administrators can manage VLANs using software instead of hardware.
You can set up a VLAN service using Network settings.
- On your Mac, choose Apple menu
> System Settings, then click Network in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.) Open Network settings for me
, then choose Manage Virtual Interfaces., then choose New VLAN.Настройка VLAN на Mac
Виртуальная локальная сеть (VLAN) — способ создания независимых виртуальных сетей в рамках физической сети. Использование VLAN может помочь Вам и сетевому администратору разделить LAN на сегменты (как компанию на отделы), которые не должны обмениваться данными через LAN.
Сеть VLAN состоит из компьютеров, которые действуют так, будто они подключены к одной сети, но на самом деле могут быть подключены к разным физическим сетям. Сетевые администраторы могут управлять сетями VLAN с помощью программного, а не аппаратного обеспечения.
Службу VLAN можно настроить в разделе настроек «Сеть».
- На Mac выберите меню Apple
> «Системные настройки», затем нажмите «Сеть» в боковом меню. (Возможно, потребуется прокрутить вниз.) Открыть настройки сети
, затем выберите «Управлять виртуальными интерфейсами».
, затем выберите «Новый VLAN».How to setup VLAN from Mac OS Mojave using terminal
I need to create a VLAN in order to be able to ssh from my macbook to another computer(Comp1). My macbook is connected to this computer(Comp1) peer to peer using ethernet cable. If this computer(Comp1) was connected to my ubuntu machine, I would have to run the following commands in ubuntu to create a VLAN and subsequently ssh in to the computer(Comp1).
sudo vconfig add en0 3 sudo ip addr add 192.168.126.5/24 dev en0.3 sudo ip link set up en0.3 
Now I want an equivalent of the above commands for macbook. Man page for ‘ifconfig’ shows me ‘vlan’ as an option but it doesn’t have enough detail for me to infer the command. Most of the searches I did with regards to «VLAN setup in macbook» I found instructions that showed the way to configure VLAN using the UI. That is: System Preferences -> Network -> (left bottom gear)->Manage Virtual Interfaces -> (+) -> New VLAN. -> set VLAN name, Tag, Interface. However I can not pick from the «Interface» dropdown list, the dropdown list has nothing to show. So I am not able to pick and consequently I am not able to create the VLAN (see pic) Therefore this is the main reason why I am looking to find the command line way of creating VLAN in mac. So in short, since the UI way of creating VLAN is broken for some reason, I want to create VLAN using terminal command on my macbook. How can I do that? Thank you!