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Making a PC a member of more than one VLAN
I'm sorry to post this here as it should go in the enterprise forums. I am considering purchase of a GP724 switch and cannot get access to these forums until I purchase. Hence my general question on v...
- Think of it this way - you have two separate networks - completely separate - separate switches, separate servers, separate clients - two physically separate LANs.
Now put them on a single switch, separated logically into two virtual LANs - or VLANs.
If you need to communicate between the physically separate LANs, you need to link them with a router, with each LAN being connected to a different interface.
If you need to communicate between your two virtual LANs you need to link them with a router, either one with physically separate interfaces, or one that supports VLANs - this router can also be a "route switch", or layer 3 switch.
It's quite unusual to have a client system connected to two VLANs simultaneously, the norm would be to have it on one VLAN and access the other VLAN through the router linking the two - it is however possible to have a server connected that way, especially if you're running virtualization on that server.
You could configure a switch port as a trunk port or tagged port so that it passes the VLAN tags, but if the PC does not know how/what to do with the VLAN tags, it won't work.
I have managed to configure the Draytek at level 3 to provide 3 VLANS.
VLAN 1 is our network of a few PCs, NAS, TV and Sky box all RJ45.
VLAN 2 is the printer which is shared with VLAN1
VLAN 3 for wireless and shared with VLAN 2 as occasionally I print from an android phone.
Only VLAN 1 is connected to the router.
All DNS is managed from the Draytek on 192.168.0.x. I'm hoping this is secure enough as the only question was seperating the wireless network devices from the normal network.
I did buy a GS724TV4. Slightly overkill. However, with the lifetime guarantee and upgradeabilty through firmware updates, I'm hoping that I will have many years of high performance and able to utilise the same kit should our business expand in the future. It also satisfies my need to have a play and better learn the technology.
VLAN 1 is our network of a few PCs, NAS, TV and Sky box all RJ45.
VLAN 2 is the printer which is shared with VLAN1
VLAN 3 for wireless and shared with VLAN 2 as occasionally I print from an android phone.
Only VLAN 1 is connected to the router.
All DNS is managed from the Draytek on 192.168.0.x. I'm hoping this is secure enough as the only question was seperating the wireless network devices from the normal network.
I did buy a GS724TV4. Slightly overkill. However, with the lifetime guarantee and upgradeabilty through firmware updates, I'm hoping that I will have many years of high performance and able to utilise the same kit should our business expand in the future. It also satisfies my need to have a play and better learn the technology.
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