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sodonnell
Aug 14, 2018Aspirant
VLANS over multiple switches
Hi,
I need a little advice regarding VLANs across multiple switches.
I am having issues getting vlans to work, probably because i am not fully understanding how these switches are managi...
- Aug 15, 2018
Keep all VLAN tagged on the trunks - which are the connections between the switch.
Does your router support tagged VLANs, and are these and the related TCP/IP subnetworks with dedicated network addresses, DHCP, many2one NAT to the router public IP addresses ... for the four VLANs? Only this would allow Internet access for all the four VLANs.
In case this is a common consumer/SOHO/ISP provided router, these don't support any VLAN, so this connection resp, the port must be run untagged (ie. for the VLAN 1, PVID 1).
schumaku
Aug 15, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Keep all VLAN tagged on the trunks - which are the connections between the switch.
Does your router support tagged VLANs, and are these and the related TCP/IP subnetworks with dedicated network addresses, DHCP, many2one NAT to the router public IP addresses ... for the four VLANs? Only this would allow Internet access for all the four VLANs.
In case this is a common consumer/SOHO/ISP provided router, these don't support any VLAN, so this connection resp, the port must be run untagged (ie. for the VLAN 1, PVID 1).
sodonnell
Sep 12, 2018Aspirant
Thank you for the reply.
I missunderstood how the tagging was working, i presumed the tagging was stripped at the trunkport to the router. My current router does not support 802.1q (Asus ac66u).
I have been looking at the options for changing the router. As netgear have ended support for their smb routers, i have been looking at either a Linksiys lrt214 or or a ubiquity Edge router 6.
Any advice on router choice that support 802.1q vlan tagging would be very much appreciated.
- schumakuSep 12, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Netgear has (or is about) to launch the Insight Routers starting with the BR500 model. They state supporting VLAN to various extents and even some more complex use case. As probably nobody here in the community has seen and touched the device, it's digging in the dark on what can be configured now when it comes to the support of multiple VLAN, multiple subnet, and the many2one NAT capabilities. johngm it would be great having an opportunity to get our hands on an Insight Router BR500 - just based on the marketing material we can't help other community members and prospect customers. And yes, I became a big fan of Netgear's Insight management environment.
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