I'm looking to get my hands dirty with the networking side of things and I would like to start playing with VLANs.
I have:
Cisco SG300 20 Port Switch (L3)
Asus RT-N66U with ASUSWRT-Merlin (Allows static routes, should be all I need?)
Server with 1 integrated NIC and 1 4-port Intel i350 NIC with 5+ Virtual Machines
What I would like to do would be:
192.168.1.x/24 VLAN 1 for networking equipment, I.E. routers and switches
192.168.2.x/24 VLAN 2 for Servers
192.168.3.x/24 VLAN 3 for Production DHCP (provided by the Server on 192.168.2.x/24 VLAN 2)
192.168.4.x/24 VLAN 4 Guest network
192.168.5.x/24 VLAN 5 Test network
Ideally, I would need VLAN 1-3 to communicate openly, with VLAN 4-5 only receiving DHCP from the Server on VLAN 2.
I think I'm understanding this somewhat, but my questions are:
1. Because the Cisco SG300 is a Layer 3 switch, does my router need to be involved at all, or can the switch do this all on its own?
2. If the router does need to be involved, what would the wiring be for this type of configuration? Switch to Router cable per VLAN?
3. Does a port need to be assigned to a VLAN? For example, could I just statically assign 192.168.2.1/24 to one of the Servers and not need to have it physically cabled?
Thanks in advance.
I have:
Cisco SG300 20 Port Switch (L3)
Asus RT-N66U with ASUSWRT-Merlin (Allows static routes, should be all I need?)
Server with 1 integrated NIC and 1 4-port Intel i350 NIC with 5+ Virtual Machines
What I would like to do would be:
192.168.1.x/24 VLAN 1 for networking equipment, I.E. routers and switches
192.168.2.x/24 VLAN 2 for Servers
192.168.3.x/24 VLAN 3 for Production DHCP (provided by the Server on 192.168.2.x/24 VLAN 2)
192.168.4.x/24 VLAN 4 Guest network
192.168.5.x/24 VLAN 5 Test network
Ideally, I would need VLAN 1-3 to communicate openly, with VLAN 4-5 only receiving DHCP from the Server on VLAN 2.
I think I'm understanding this somewhat, but my questions are:
1. Because the Cisco SG300 is a Layer 3 switch, does my router need to be involved at all, or can the switch do this all on its own?
2. If the router does need to be involved, what would the wiring be for this type of configuration? Switch to Router cable per VLAN?
3. Does a port need to be assigned to a VLAN? For example, could I just statically assign 192.168.2.1/24 to one of the Servers and not need to have it physically cabled?
Thanks in advance.