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sjhx
Jul 11, 2023Aspirant
Are Private VLANs what I need?
I have a M4100-D12G with 2 subnets. I would like to have subnet1 on ports 1-4 and subnet2 on ports 5-12 and not have any traffic travel between these. I think private (community mode) VLANs are ...
schumaku
Jul 11, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Just two VLANs and no in case inter-VLAN routing enabled would not be sufficient?
MikeD1234
Jul 11, 2023NETGEAR Expert
Yes, two VLANs might work, but if they need to communicate something needs to be aware of it, and have an L3 interface for it.
Not sure if they have the option for that. Then, the option wouldn't be to bad, but if in case they need different subnets etc. a firewall/router or the switch with interfaces should do the trick.
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