New VLAN setup
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this was what i was talking about above. i onyl have 1 lan cable going to a specific room. if i have another vlan switch up there, can i have this setup? or something similar…?
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Does the switch between the two VLAN switches preserve VLAN tags? If it doesn't you probably don't want to use that configuration.
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Does the switch between the two VLAN switches preserve VLAN tags? If it doesn't you probably don't want to use that configuration.
it is just a regular switch.
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@tomdlgns:
here is a pic of what i think i need to set it up as.
NOTE- i forgot to draw on there that the hp switch will still be configured as 192.168.1.20 and that ports 7 and 8 will be part of my VLAN20 (i need to create this on the HP switch, (10.0.10.1 network).
i will statically assign the wifi router as 10.0.10.2 and disable DHCP on it and left pfsense handle DHCP.
do i have this right or did i make a wrong turn somewhere?
EDIT- if i am correct and i set this up properly, my HTPC, xbox, laptop/desktop should not change and they should remain on the 192.168.1.1 /24 network. i did not label it in the drawing, but i figured i should mention it.
does anyone advise against this?
i am on site right now and i can config it this way and do some testing.
thanks.
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well, you can use only one cable to hp-vlan switch, just tag port with all vlans you need and connect re1.
But if you need more then 100Mbit, you may need two interfaces.
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well, you can use only one cable to hp-vlan switch, just tag port with all vlans you need and connect re1.
But if you need more then 100Mbit, you may need two interfaces.
ok, i do follow what your saying, but now i dont understand the purpose of a VLAN. in this scenario, i am not creating a VLAN, i am just creating another LAN.
i guess this is why i never tried to setup a vlan, everytime i try, i get going in 5 different directions and can never get down the basics.
thanks.
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also, if there is a better way to setup a VLAN to do some practical testing, let me know and i would be glad to give that way a shot.
thanks.
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on your switch configure:
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wifi port with vlan 100 untaged
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firewall port with vlan 1 and 100 tagged
on firewall configure:
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vlan1 on re1 for lan interface
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vlan100 on re1 for wifi interface
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Assign dhcp range 192.168 to lan
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Assign dhcp range 10.0.10 for wifi
After this, you will have two working networks on re1.
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on your switch configure:
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wifi port with vlan 100 untaged
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firewall port with vlan 1 and 100 tagged
on firewall configure:
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vlan1 on re1 for lan interface
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vlan100 on re1 for wifi interface
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Assign dhcp range 192.168 to lan
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Assign dhcp range 10.0.10 for wifi
After this, you will have two working networks on re1.
ok. for the wifi port on the hp switch…i will untag that...what should i do with the rest? e?
for the firewall port, i will tag 1 and 100, but what do i with the rest...e?
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The default vlan id is 1 and default configuration for all ports are vlan id 1 untag, so you do not need to do anything, just check if it's configured on your switch
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The default vlan id is 1 and default configuration for all ports are vlan id 1 untag, so you do not need to do anything, just check if it's configured on your switch
what about vlan100?
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vlan1
wifi vlan 100
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change port1 vlan1 from U to T and wifi port on vlan100 toU
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change port1 vlan1 from U to T and wifi port on vlan100 toU
ok, i am going to do that now, but this is why i am confused
"The default vlan id is 1 and default configuration for all ports are vlan id 1 untag, so you do not need to do anything, just check if it's configured on your switch"
makes it seem like i need to leave everything as is on the default vlan…but like i said, i am changing it now.
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change port1 vlan1 from U to T and wifi port on vlan100 toU
when i go to make these changes on vlan1 it tells me i might lose web management connection.
also, is the wifi port, port 1 as well, or should i use port 2 for that?
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change configuration with a machine connected to any port other then ports you are changing
leave port 1 for firewall machine as you are tagging vlan on it and use port 2 for the wifi router as you are not changing anything there.
when you use tagged ports, the machine/router plugged on this port must have vlan tags configured to work
when you use untag portsm the machine does not need to know that it is on a vlan.
just pay attention to do not use tag and untag on same port.
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change configuration with a machine connected to any port other then ports you are changing
leave port 1 for firewall machine as you are tagging vlan on it and use port 2 for the wifi router as you are not changing anything there.
when you use tagged ports, the machine/router plugged on this port must have vlan tags configured to work
when you use untag portsm the machine does not need to know that it is on a vlan.
just pay attention to do not use tag and untag on same port.
vlan1
T U U U U U U U
vlan 100 (wifi)
E T E E E E E E
is what i should end up with?
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this way:
vlan1T E U U U U U U
vlan 100 (wifi)
T U E E E E E E
port 1 firewall
port 2 wifi
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this way:
vlan1T E U U U U U U
vlan 100 (wifi)
T U E E E E E E
port 1 firewall
port 2 wifi
ok, so once a port is tagged, it has to be marked as tagged in every vlan you create?
i just made those changes…moving to pfsense now.
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here is pfsense setup
i am not done, i am stuck, here.
i cant set two things on re1. only one at a time.
