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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...
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.
Thanks for the reply. Since I initially posted my question, I reset the switch to start over and I created 1 port-based VLAN to play with; attached is the current switch set-up. In this set-up, I am able to access the Internet from Port 2 as I want to. However, when I search the network on a computer attached to Port 2, I can see the devices connected to the router (Port 16 is connected to the router). In fact, I was able to use the router's IP address to connect to it via the Web GUI. I would prefer to have the router and the other devices connected to the router to be hidden from the VLAN, but that is not the case.
The router is an Arris DG1670 (Spectrum is the Internet provider and it is their router); I do not believe the router is VLAN-aware.
I tried setting up 802.1Q VLAN's as you suggested. I could not access the Internet on Port 2 using this set-up. Something must not be right how Port 16 was set up as the uplink. I was only able to assign 1 PVID to Port 16, so the VLAN that corresponded to the PVID that Port 16 got assigned to had Internet access but the others did not.
Thanks!
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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