The present invention is a method of communicating within a phone line LAN. The method includes the assignment of a unique VLAN ID to each node of a VLAN. A VLAN header is attached at a source node of the frame to each frame to be communicated within the VLAN. The VLAN header contains identification...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6781989?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6781989 - Method to support VLANs on a phoneline network