I read all the stuff about VLAN setup. The thing is, see, it's not behaving how I am expecting it to behave. Even worse, the documentation is written very badly, and so is the interface. It is difficult to discern which settings do what. Am I denying traffic? What kind of traffic am I denying? What is an "authenticated entity?" I don't know any of this, and the documentation doesn't really help explain it.
So, In the interests of clarity, here's what I want to do. They say a picture is worth a thousand words:
I want to isolate my test LAN from my production LAN with my PowerConnect 2808. After setting it up the way I think it's supposed to be set up, I plug my laptop into port 1. It doesn't get an address from the DHCP server. I assign an IP address to it manually, and I can't ping anything on my production LAN.
At this point I don't have the time to subscribe to the "teach a man to fish" cliché. I need a fish, like now.
So... what do I have to do to make my 2808 do this?
Many, many thanks for your responses and help. Even though I am somewhat abrasive, I am very grateful.
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June 18th, 2014 13:00
I read all the stuff about VLAN setup. The thing is, see, it's not behaving how I am expecting it to behave. Even worse, the documentation is written very badly, and so is the interface. It is difficult to discern which settings do what. Am I denying traffic? What kind of traffic am I denying? What is an "authenticated entity?" I don't know any of this, and the documentation doesn't really help explain it.
So, In the interests of clarity, here's what I want to do. They say a picture is worth a thousand words:
I want to isolate my test LAN from my production LAN with my PowerConnect 2808. After setting it up the way I think it's supposed to be set up, I plug my laptop into port 1. It doesn't get an address from the DHCP server. I assign an IP address to it manually, and I can't ping anything on my production LAN.
At this point I don't have the time to subscribe to the "teach a man to fish" cliché. I need a fish, like now.
So... what do I have to do to make my 2808 do this?
Many, many thanks for your responses and help. Even though I am somewhat abrasive, I am very grateful.
Cheers!
Gregory Pius