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Oldsports
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Mar 09, 2020
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Help creating VLAN's with GS116E managed switch

I think I originally posted this in the wrong location so I am reposting.   I do some volunteer work for a local non-profit.  They have a cable modem/router from their Internet provider to which al...
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    schumaku
    Mar 17, 2020

    If you want to run multiple organizations on individual networks, you need a router offering LAN services for multiple subnets, e.g. on different ports, or on multiple VLANs. Consumer routers or cable modem-routers don't have this capability. With these simple VLAN switches, there is not much you can do - either way, the last "hop" would be that router LAN subnet, as a pass-through network - very similar to the existing set-up with the additional router. You can keep that second router, and plug the switch to a LAN port of that router.

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