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ecallenil
Jul 31, 2015Aspirant
Route public IP addresses across switches in internal network
Here's the situation: I have an incoming internet connectoin handing off public IP addresses. This device is on the opposite side of the building and I need to get the connection back to my main...
- Jul 31, 2015
Yes - trunks can handle traffic from multiple VLANs, that is why it's called a trunk you'll need to make it a member of all the VLANs you want it to pass traffic for, and configure it to pass the VLAN tags.
fordem
Jul 31, 2015Mentor
Let's start by being very careful as to the words we choose - router route & switches switch, unless those switches are layer 3 switches, and as far as I know, the GS724s are layer 2.
As you have suggested, you can create a VLAN and pass the internet traffic across that - it will only take one switch port at each end
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