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VLAN used in combination with (un)managed switches
I have an existing network. The core components are unmanaged switches type XS508M (Switch: S1) and GS110MX (S2). To these I want to connect managed switches type GS305E (S3, S4, S5) to create 2 VLANs (for IP phones and guest computers). The bandwidth is capped at 1GBit, but that's ok.
QUESTION: Can the XS508M or GS110MX switches pass the tagged packets? Or are the packets discarded and do not arrive at the remote site?
The structure then looks like this
Yellow and Green are VLAN's
Yellow gets DHCP from Yellow Router (Network of AVM FritzBox1)
Green gets DHCP from Green Router (Guest Network of AVM FritzBox2)
White gets DHCP from White Router (Network of AVM FritzBox2)
Does that work?
Thanks a lot!
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To my knowledge, there is nothing prohibiting forwarding tagged frames over these unmanaged switches. Not a promise, however.
Keep in mind the GS305E are -not- managed switches, as Plus switches, these only allow limited configurations. Last but not least: These switches config access is possible using unmanaged frames only, there is no management VLAN feature (on most Plus switch models). This is set, because you are using non-VLAN routers.
Kangaroo network?
Thanks.
I also talked to the service hotline. They said, the traffic is beeing passed through. Additionally I do not have a security issue, because the setup is used at home (I am a freelancer). Thus, it is more than sufficient to have the technical opportunity to set up VLAN regardless of any security topics (kangaroo-based intrusion detection). The advanced VLAN options of the GS305E is enough.
What's the greatest threat in this setup?
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