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samarthengineer's avatar
Apr 18, 2026

Suggestion for L3 switch

Hello everyone, 

 

I am designing a new office network with Netgear devices. Check the network topology below.

 

 

 

My design will have VLANs. For access layer, I have planned GS724T and GS724TP switches. We have Fortinet firewall with 2 Internet connections. My main concern is the switch which will be the core of the switching network and which will be connected to firewall. I have to do following setup on it: 

 

1. VLAN interfaces

2. VLAN Routing

3. Default route to Firewall (For internet traffic)

4. DHCP Pool for particular VLANs

 

 

So based on these requirements, which Netgear switch should I use here as a core switch? I want 24 GigaEthernet copper port with SFP uplinks. 

 

 

Regards,

Sagar Patel

 

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