VLAN Configuration

DaneA,

I had never heard of this variant of VLANs and that was a usefull excercise to read through. This may be possible but it means changing the default VLAN or at least removing the default VLAN from most of the switch ports to avoid cross communication on all the VLANs... obviously this leads to management issues when you need to remote in to the switch unless there is a dedicated management access port, I also think it will not be possible due to the nature of the WiFi access points as they require trunked VLAN ports.

I think the solution is going to have to include at least VLAN Routing and maybe the ACLs too. I have found that I should be able to configure both on the M4100-D12G switch according to the manual (I'm a bit sketchy when it comes to what is possible on certain Netgear Switches).

I did have trouble with the VLAN routing setup before when I last attempted it, but I am thinking that was caused by trying to setup VLAN interfaces subnetted within the range that was already set as the default VLAN interface (i.e. I didn't realise that the switch IP and subnet was not only the management interface but also the default VLAN interface) so I guess I was trying to subnet a subnet(!) and the switch didn't like that so gave me configuration errors.

Regardless of the issues, all the reading and advice has got me to the point were I am happy to purchase some APs and an M4100 switch and try to simulate what I have been discussing. I will Likely come back and mark one of your posts as an answered. I will however no doubt be posting a specific configuration issue cback here once I actually get down to configuration.

Regards

SchoolsTST