I was under the impression from the product spec page for the 2848 that it has Layer 3 capabilities. Does it have some, but just not VLAN routing? Do you have any recommendations of Dell Layer 3 devices?
On the firewall suggestion, I appreciate that and have considered it. We do not use a firewall appliance, but instead Norton Endpoint Protection for Small Business. We also employ a LogMeIn Hamachi (VPN access) in a Gateway configuration. It runs on a non-domain PC used solely for this purpose.
Also, just a few more questions/comments:
1) Considering that I have all ports using the PVID 1, I assume I just have a Simple Port VLAN setup? Is this doing anything for me?
2) Incidentally, all VLAN ports were set to Untagged, except the Server and Gateway (left on the default VLAN 1) which I set to Tagged. So, for example, in the VLAN port assignment I identified the ports for the VLAN and then also included port 36 and 48 (Server and Gateway ports). I set all the ports to Untagged except ports 36 and 48, which I set to Tagged. Am I accomplishing anything here or it this pointless. I might add I was trying to find a way to get the VLAN's to communicate with the Server and Gateway (at least...giving up on VLAN's communicating with each other (except, I guess VLAN 1), for the moment).
3) With respect to the WAP and associated traffic, I decided to take it off the LAN altogether; it was isolated anyway. It's now connected directly to LAN port 2 of the Cisco router; I put the router in DHCP mode to serve out addresses for the WAP.
4) Where would a Layer 3 device sit on my network? Would it just plug in to a port on the 2848?
jaboumrad
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February 10th, 2014 09:00
Thanks, Daniel. I appreciate the quick reply.
I was under the impression from the product spec page for the 2848 that it has Layer 3 capabilities. Does it have some, but just not VLAN routing? Do you have any recommendations of Dell Layer 3 devices?
On the firewall suggestion, I appreciate that and have considered it. We do not use a firewall appliance, but instead Norton Endpoint Protection for Small Business. We also employ a LogMeIn Hamachi (VPN access) in a Gateway configuration. It runs on a non-domain PC used solely for this purpose.
Also, just a few more questions/comments:
1) Considering that I have all ports using the PVID 1, I assume I just have a Simple Port VLAN setup? Is this doing anything for me?
2) Incidentally, all VLAN ports were set to Untagged, except the Server and Gateway (left on the default VLAN 1) which I set to Tagged. So, for example, in the VLAN port assignment I identified the ports for the VLAN and then also included port 36 and 48 (Server and Gateway ports). I set all the ports to Untagged except ports 36 and 48, which I set to Tagged. Am I accomplishing anything here or it this pointless. I might add I was trying to find a way to get the VLAN's to communicate with the Server and Gateway (at least...giving up on VLAN's communicating with each other (except, I guess VLAN 1), for the moment).
3) With respect to the WAP and associated traffic, I decided to take it off the LAN altogether; it was isolated anyway. It's now connected directly to LAN port 2 of the Cisco router; I put the router in DHCP mode to serve out addresses for the WAP.
4) Where would a Layer 3 device sit on my network? Would it just plug in to a port on the 2848?
Thanks again for the help.
John