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    • ?
      A Former User
      last edited by

      @wallabybob:

      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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      • ?
        A Former User
        last edited by

        @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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        • marcellocM
          marcelloc
          last edited by

          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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          • ?
            A Former User
            last edited by

            @marcelloc:

            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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            • ?
              A Former User
              last edited by

              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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              • marcellocM
                marcelloc
                last edited by

                on your switch configure:

                • wifi port with vlan 100 untaged

                • firewall port with vlan 1 and 100 tagged

                on firewall configure:

                • vlan1 on re1 for lan interface

                • vlan100 on re1 for wifi interface

                • Assign dhcp range 192.168 to lan

                • Assign dhcp range 10.0.10 for wifi

                After this, you will have two working networks on re1.

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                • ?
                  A Former User
                  last edited by

                  @marcelloc:

                  on your switch configure:

                  • wifi port with vlan 100 untaged

                  • firewall port with vlan 1 and 100 tagged

                  on firewall configure:

                  • vlan1 on re1 for lan interface

                  • vlan100 on re1 for wifi interface

                  • Assign dhcp range 192.168 to lan

                  • 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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                  • marcellocM
                    marcelloc
                    last edited by

                    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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                    • ?
                      A Former User
                      last edited by

                      @marcelloc:

                      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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                      • ?
                        A Former User
                        last edited by

                        vlan1

                        wifi vlan 100

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                        • marcellocM
                          marcelloc
                          last edited by

                          change port1 vlan1 from U to T and wifi port on vlan100 toU

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                          • ?
                            A Former User
                            last edited by

                            @marcelloc:

                            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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                            • ?
                              A Former User
                              last edited by

                              @marcelloc:

                              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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                              • marcellocM
                                marcelloc
                                last edited by

                                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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                                • ?
                                  A Former User
                                  last edited by

                                  @marcelloc:

                                  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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                                  • marcellocM
                                    marcelloc
                                    last edited by

                                    this way:
                                    vlan1

                                    T 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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                                    • ?
                                      A Former User
                                      last edited by

                                      @marcelloc:

                                      this way:
                                      vlan1

                                      T 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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                                      • ?
                                        A Former User
                                        last edited by

                                        here is pfsense setup

                                        i am not done, i am stuck, here.

                                        i cant set two things on re1.  only one at a time.

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                                        • marcellocM
                                          marcelloc
                                          last edited by

                                          Lan will be vlan1 on re1 and opt1 will be vlan100 on re1.

                                          Disconnect re2

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                                          • ?
                                            A Former User
                                            last edited by

                                            and then i can plug in my 16 port netgear into a port on the HP that i didnt configure yet…we forgot to calculate that.  everything on that 16 port netgear is on 192.168.1.0 /24 network...do i need to tag another port on the hp vlan switch?

                                            so it will look like this

                                            isp-----cable modem-------pfsense-------hp vlan switch--------16 port netgear

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