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Otacon1337's avatar
Otacon1337
Aspirant
Jan 02, 2022

Setting up VLANs with GS108PEv3 Switch and Nighthawk R9000 not working

I have a NETGEAR Nighthawk R9000 router and a NETGEAR GS108PEv3 8 port gigabit switch. 

My goal is to partition my network with VLANs for better efficiency and security.

I have been reading KB articles and watching youtube videos in a bid to accomplish this goal and despite my readings suggesting that my current equipment is sufficient, I am not able to access the internet at all if I enable and configure VLAN / Bridge group on the R9000. Will someone please assist me with this because I am afraid I am spinning my wheels at this point. Is the R9000 router not actually suitable for this task? If so, please let me know so I can buy something that is suitable. I've included images of my switch config (n=3) and router config (n=1) based on instructions I've followed from...

 

https://kb.netgear.com/30919/How-to-configure-VLANs-on-a-ProSAFE-Web-Managed-Plus-Switch-with-shared-access-to-the-internet  

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

 

2 Replies

  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 02, 2022

    Simple: The R9000 does (like any other Netgear consumer routers) not support any VLAN multi-network configuration on the LAN side.

     

    The VLAN/Bridge group does allow handling some dedicated VLAN on the WAN/Internet side (like IPTV typically) over to the LAN, eg. bridging to defined port(s). 

     

    Regards,

    -Kurt

    • Otacon1337's avatar
      Otacon1337
      Aspirant
      Jan 02, 2022

      Understood, thanks. It appears that I will need to buy a router/firewall, capable of 802.1q, for my network stack to accomplish my objective.