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WAC510 as router connected to GS308E VLANs
Hi, I have a BT smart hub connected to the WAN port of a WAC510 set up in router mode with multiple SSIDs each with their own VLAN eg SSID1, VLAN1. Each SSID is set up with DHCP servers and all is wor...
You need to configure all VLAN required on the switch, too.
For the switch port connecting to the router LAN port configured as trunk, typical set-up is using untagged for the primary LAN/VLAN, all other VLAN are operated as tagged.
If you want to configure a switch port to be associated to a different VLAN, the existing config.untagged for VLAN must be removed, the port must be set untagged for the VLAN "X", and the PVID defining the VLAN ID untagged frames on this port are associated must be sent to must be set to PVID "X", too.
For the switch port connecting to the router LAN port configured as trunk, typical set-up is using untagged for the primary LAN/VLAN, all other VLAN are operated as tagged.
If you want to configure a switch port to be associated to a different VLAN, the existing config.untagged for VLAN must be removed, the port must be set untagged for the VLAN "X", and the PVID defining the VLAN ID untagged frames on this port are associated must be sent to must be set to PVID "X", too.
Thank you for helping me.
I think i have everything set up as you described but from searching for information on your message it looks like the GS308E doesn't support trunking (LAG settings) ... For a amaged switch i would of exspected it to.
Does this look correct to you and could you advise what switch you would use?
I guess my other option is to buy a full router and just use the WAC510 as a AP with the said SSID/VLAN config and allow the router to do the DHCP server work, plus all of the other options. Again which one would you suggest for a small business set up?
Many Thanks
Andy
Andy,
The suggestion is about a VLAN trunk (on single link), not port aggregation/LAG.combining multiple ports - a feature not available on the WAC510 LAN ports and some of the small switches like the GS308E probably, too.
I must admit I was wrong on the WAC510 VLAN and IP subnet capabilities. In router mode only one SSID and one VLAN is possible (by default VLAN 1). Changing the WAC520 -router- LAN and management VLAN ID is in my opinion just cosmetic. Had a WAC510 in router mode during the early Beta times only, today we're operating WAC5xx and WAX6xx in AP mode. Would love to promote the Netgear BR200 (BR500 stripped from the cloud VPN feature), but had to learn the hard way that it's down to low level security update fix mode only, known issues and restrictions don't appear to change anymore, an no more new manufacturing lots for now.
The VLAN limitation you are facing isn't caused by the very basic configurable GS308E switch, it's a WAC510 router mode limitation in my understanding.
Regards
-Kurt
- Great, thanks for the extra info.
I did a quick google about the BR200 security and didn’t find much, do you know of this is still an issue?
What would you recommend instead? I’m looking for around 4 vlans or more and I already have a GS308E and WAC510 AP so I could go wireless or just wired for the router. Again I could go ADSL or just a router. Currently got a BT smart hub 2 so this will need to go.
Thanks
Andy
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