VPN Vs VLAN

I'm trying to read up on Virtual LAN's, and I keep coming across Virtual Private Networks.

Are these the same thing?

As far as I understand, the purpose of a VLAN server is to provide an outside host with a place on a LAN so it's as if the host in question is actually sitting on the LAN's hub.

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Posted 5 years ago by Tomás Ó hÉilidhe in Ethernet LAN

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