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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...
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.
Thank you for your reply Luminary, its greatly appriciated.
Unforutnatley, I was expecting this to be the case.
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.
Would that help in any way?
Understandably, the public IPs would be used by their respective VLANs as public addresses.
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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