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Multiple port tagging
Hello, I have a complicated question so please bare with me for a moment. I have an ESXi 6.5 host that is running a virtual Sophos UTM 9.4 appliance. I also have a Netgear GS108Ev3 managed sw...
Since you have confirmed that the PC where the ESXi 6.5 host which runs a virtual Sophos UTM 9.4 appliance is a VLAN-aware device, have you checked if tagging is enabled on the physical LAN adapter of the PC? Kindly check this link as a guide on how to check it on your PC.
Also, kindly post images of your actual network setup that especially shows the PC where the ESXi 6.5 host which runs a virtual Sophos UTM 9.4 appliance is connected to the GS108Ev3.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
If ever the 2 physical devices are not VLAN-aware, ports 1 and 2 should be set as untagged ports on VLAN 2 with a PVID = 2.
Let me share this VLAN set-up example using a GS108Ev2 switch that I found online, click here and use it as a guide. Hope it helps.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
I did as you told me and i said to my last comment:
| VLAN | Port 1 | Port 2 | Port 3 | Port 4 | Port 5 | Port 6 | Port 7 | Port 8 |
| 1 | U | T | T | T | T | U | U | U |
| 2 | T | U | U | U | ||||
| 3 | T | U |
and i did it like this because on port 1 i have my esxi host which is VLAN aware and needs to communicate with port 8. I would expect that the physical devices on Port 2,3,4 will be able to communicate with each other after changing the PVID as well to 2 and that was the case indeed.
The question now is, how do i make these ports (2,3,4) to communicate with the virtual UTM9 running on the ESXi on port 1?
1) Should I leave the Port 1 untagged on VLAN1, tagged on VLAN2 and PVID1?
2) Should i add the VLAN on the port group in ESXi?
3) Should i add the VLAN on the UTM9 adapter that is looking on the port group on ESXi?
4) Should i do (2) and (3) or just (2) or (3)?
I know that now it is not so much about the switch rather than for the ESXi and the UTM9 but i hope you may know the basics behind this.
Thanks!
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