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traverse multiple vlans with a device that has no gateway
I have vlan 10, 20, 30 and 40 configured on 4 switches I have a device(let's call it "BBB") that does not have a default gateway (it's configured w/another route for remote access) Presently I c...
Hi auniquename
Welcome to the community!
According your description, it's work as design.
If host want to ping same VLAN device, it's no need forwarding by gateway, just running Layer-2 forwarding(mac table-based).
If host want to ping different VLAN device, it's need forwarding by gateway, need running Layer-3 forwarding(route table-based).
So you must set default gateway for device, then it can ping both same VLAN devcie and defferent VLAN device.
Hope it helps!
Regards,
EricZ
NETGEAR employee
but you're not reviewing the question well enough.
The device (BBB) already has a default gateway which points to the WAN.
Device BBB is used for remote access, and it does not have a 2nd default gateway.
again no default gateway can be configured on the LAN NIC
On device BBB connection to the LAN via switch, it can only reach devices on that switch, in that vlan.
I need to be able to ping another device on another vlan which resides on another switch.
I hope this make it a bit clearer
Device BBB <-> switch A vlan A (all devices ping) <-> switch B vlan B (unable to reach any device)
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