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bwanajag
Mar 14, 2019Aspirant
VLAN setup problems
I've tried to setup VLANs on two Netgear switches connected via LAG. It's not working properly. I cannot ping devices either connected via wire (port 2) or wirelessly that are on the VLAN 50. I've...
- Mar 15, 2019
Ok, I found the issue. It turns out I had a setting, Guest Network, selected in the UniFi controller software. This blocked layer-2 broadcasts/unicast messages between guests on the WLAN. After deselecting this option, I was able to see/ping/access all devices across the VLAN.
As a note, I also applied the settings found in the following netgear post:
bwanajag
Mar 15, 2019Aspirant
Ok, I found the issue. It turns out I had a setting, Guest Network, selected in the UniFi controller software. This blocked layer-2 broadcasts/unicast messages between guests on the WLAN. After deselecting this option, I was able to see/ping/access all devices across the VLAN.
As a note, I also applied the settings found in the following netgear post:
schumaku
Mar 15, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Great - that's why I suggested to create untagged LAN ports for each VLAN ... so you know if the problem is related to the switch config or to something else.
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