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I want to put a managed switch with VLANs behind my internet-router and wonder if the GS724T could be the right choice.
The requirement is some hierarchical inter-VLAN-Routing: Lets say I want to have am DMZ (low security), some media servers (medium security) and the office LAN (high security). All VLANs should be able to access the internet, and there is some port forwarding from the internet to some services in the DMZ. The more secure levels (media, office) should have full acces to the DMZ, but not vice versa. (And office accesses media, but not the other way round.) A standard scenario, as I think, which could be realized with another router/firewall between DMZ and the more secure sections.
The question is if the GS724T brings the necessary internal L3-possibilites for the described setup.
The GS724Tv4 is categorized as a Layer 2 Smart Switch and not a Fully Managed Switch. With regard to Inter-VLAN Routing, let me share the articles below and these might help as reference guides:
The question is if the GS724T brings the necessary internal L3-possibilites for the described setup.
The GS724Tv4 (v = version) has Layer 3 Lite features only. As reference, kindly check its data sheet here.
If you want a Layer 3 switch, I recommend you the NETGEAR Fully Managed Switches like the M4100 series and M4300 series models. Kindly check the link below to know more:
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