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JCocivera
Jan 09, 2019Aspirant
Stop communication between vlans
Hi there,
Recently started playing with vlans on my switch and figured out how to set up vlans and getting internet access on them.
My next step in learning about vlans is to not allow c...
- Jan 10, 2019
The problem ended up being on my firewall/router. I had to deny access between vlans in my LAN zone.
For anyone with a Dell Sonicwall you can do this by:
Go to Firewall > Access Rules > Go to the last rule in LAN > LAN and change Action from Allow to Deny.
Thanks for your help JohnCarloV. Figured out that my switch was not to blame.
JohnC_V
Jan 10, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi JCocivera,
Welcome to our community! :)
It seems that you were trying to separate your devices without any communication to each other. May I know if the VLANs that you created are working on the same subnet? May you be able to provide us some screenshots of your configuration so that we can further check?
I'm looking forward to your reply.
Regards,
- JCociveraJan 10, 2019Aspirant
John,
Indeed!
They are on the same subnet. What kind of screenshots would you need? I've attached everything I can think of to screenshot.
IP of the default vlan is 10.0.0.1.
Thanks!
- JohnC_VJan 10, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
As per checking the screenshot, you have enabled VLAN routing, you don't need to enable it unless you wanted the VLANs to communicate with each other. Also, do you have a VLAN capable router? It seems that the other ports were assigned as T or Tagged. If you have a VLAN capable router, then the IP address of VLAN 10 should be different. You just need to create a DHCP server for your VLAN 10.
If you want to assign a port to be a member of VLAN 10, the PVID should also be included. If the device is a VLAN aware(like VoIP, L2 Switches, Routers, etc.), you just need to put a T or Tagged on the specific port and leave the PVID to default. But if the device is just a non-VLAN aware(like PC, Scanners, Printers, Hub, etc.), then you just need to assign the port to U or Untagged and assign the PVID to its corresponding VLAN.
e.g.
VLAN router is connected to Port 1 of the switch
VLAN 10 - Port 1 - T - PVID 1(default)
PC needs to be on VLAN 10 - port 30
VLAN 10 - Port 30 - U - PVID 10
PC will be receiving an IP from VLAN 10.
If you have questions, please let me know.
Regards,
- JCociveraJan 10, 2019Aspirant
John,
I've disabled vlan routing (I thought I needed it for the vlan to work... oops!) however, I can still access my servers via IP (servers on vlan1 and computer on vlan10).
I do have a vlan capable router and the IP address of vlan10 is different (10.0.10.1 instead of 10.0.0.1) and I have also created a DHCP server for vlan10.
I have also set up my PVID settings like you have mentioned.
Any other ideas or maybe am I misunderstanding what you are saying?
Thanks!
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