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samarthengineer
Apr 18, 2026Aspirant
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
4 Replies
- samarthengineerAspirant
Check the attached topology file.
- StephenBGuru - Experienced User
samarthengineer wrote:
Check the attached topology file.
Attaching from your PC doesn't work (forum bug).
Easiest path is to put the topology file in cloud storage and put the link in your post.
- samarthengineerAspirant
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MrttI8MYT1zb67keMC--iyaXbq8usbj7/view?usp=drive_link
Check this topology file.
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