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ITSM
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Oct 30, 2020
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Managed switch - Router functionality?

Hi there,   We have just bought a managed switch (M4300-52G-PoE+) for one of our offices to be setup with 16 different vlans and networks.  My boss chose this switch as "it has router functionalit...
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    schumaku
    Nov 02, 2020

    ITSM wrote:

    Just a quick follow up, by the clients using public IPs and us being granted plenty of them - we expect each client to have their own public IP assigned.


    For this purpose a plain L2 switch would do the job - you can connect as many client adapters as you want (and have public IP addresses available) direct to the wild Internet.

     

    If this is smart or not - your choice.

     


    ITSM wrote:

    Understandably, the public IPs would be used by their respective VLANs as public addresses.


    Complete different layer of you want a single or selected public IP in a VLAN. Typical deployment would be done by using 1:1 NAT, or using port forwarding for services. ... and here you need some router, security appliance, USG, ... beyond of what is available in the consumer market. The routing capabilities available on a L3 switch are not intended for this purpose.

     

     

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