Setting up a VLAN part 2

A Former User

ok, i just added 127.0.0.1 as the first entry and bumped down the openDNS servers.

A Former User

Hmm, that looks fine. Exactly as I have mine set.

Yet when you use Diagnostics: DNS Lookup: it doesn't use 127.0.0.1?

Steve

yeah, i think i am going to take it out, if yours doesnt have 127.0.0.1 listed as the first one.

A Former User

this is what my settings are as of this post:

C:>ping ds2411

Pinging ds2411.home [192.168.1.254] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.254: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.254: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.254: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.254: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.254:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:>

A Former User

i think it is a mac thing. i was trying to ping from my MBP and it was coming back with ds2411 as a public IP address 67.25.xxx.xxx i only x it out because i am not by my MBP and i dont remember the rest of the address.

good news- the option you told me to check a few posts backs when you brought up DHCP worked for windows computers, i tested two computers that were resolving ds2411 to 67.25…..and they now resolve to the correct internal 192.168.1.254 address.

bad news- not working for my mbp. i tried clearing the cache and releasing/renewing ip...nothing, maybe a reboot? i havent had the mbp for a long time, not an expert with it/settings on it.

stephenw10

Hmm, well I have almost no mac experience so I'm probably no help.
I would guess that it's using an external dns server some reason. Seems odd though.

What external address is it resolving to? Your WAN address?

Steve

A Former User

@stephenw10:

Hmm, well I have almost no mac experience so I'm probably no help.
I would guess that it's using an external dns server some reason. Seems odd though.

What external address is it resolving to? Your WAN address?

Steve

no, i have no clue, let me see if putting it in google tells me anything.

edit- it looks like that IP address belongs to/is an address that openDNS uses/works with for failed lookups.

it makes sense since i open up a cmd prompt and typed in ping afffaasdf

it came back with the same 67.215 IP address that i get when i type ping ds2411 from the mac.

no worries, this isnt related to pfsense or vlans or DNS since all my other machines are working w/o issues.

A Former User

ok, now lets talk about getting two vlan switches to talk.

right now this is what both switches look like.

8 port-

1- E E E U U U U U
100- T U E E E E E E
200- T E U E E E E E

24 port-

1- U U U U U U U U E E E E E E U U U U U U U U U U
100- E E E E E E E E T U U U E E E E E E E E E E E E
200- E E E E E E E E T E E E U U E E E E E E E E E E

i know i have to link the respective vlan ports to each vlan switch, but do the packets stay labeled as i have them above? or do i need to switch a few things around when linking from switch to switch?

stephenw10

When you link from switch to switch you can send all the VLANs along a trunk connection, the same as you do to pfSense.
So you have one cable connected between the switches. The port that that cable is connected to is set as 'tagged' in each VLAN you want to send along it at both ends.

I'm not sure how you have your 24-port switch connected so I can't give you an exact switch config.

Steve

A Former User

@stephenw10:

When you link from switch to switch you can send all the VLANs along a trunk connection, the same as you do to pfSense.
So you have one cable connected between the switches. The port that that cable is connected to is set as 'tagged' in each VLAN you want to send along it at both ends.

I'm not sure how you have your 24-port switch connected so I can't give you an exact switch config.

Steve

the 24 port switch is connected to the 8 port switch as follows:

port 4 on HP-switch8 goes to port 8 on HP-switch24.

however, i dont think the proper tags are in place.

EDIT-
both tags are marked as U and it looks like they both need to be changed to T, correct?

A Former User

ok, marked port 4 in the 8 port switch from U to T

and marked port 8 in the 24 port switch from U to T

everything seems to be operating as it should.

Metu69salemi

Like i tried to say several times, if no vlan support on switch/client use untagged.
If vlan support exists then use tagging

stephenw10

In your diagram above port 4 on Switch8 and port 8 on Switch24 are marked E for both VLANs.
Did you change them to U subsequently?
They should be T as you said.

Steve

A Former User

@stephenw10:

In your diagram above port 4 on Switch8 and port 8 on Switch24 are marked E for both VLANs.
Did you change them to U subsequently?
They should be T as you said.

Steve

i am working with vlan 1, i see them as Us in my post above, but yes, i did change them to T before you replied.

8 port-

vlan1- E E E U U U U U

24 port-

vlan1- U U U U U U U U E E E E E E U U U U U U U U U U

current config of vlan1 on both switches is as follows:

8 port-

vlan1- E E E T U U U U

24 port-

vlan1- U U U U U U U T E E E E E E U U U U U U U U U U

A Former User

@Metu69salemi:

Like i tried to say several times, if no vlan support on switch/client use untagged.
If vlan support exists then use tagging

these are both vlan switches.

A Former User

@stephenw10:

In your diagram above port 4 on Switch8 and port 8 on Switch24 are marked E for both VLANs.
Did you change them to U subsequently?
They should be T as you said.

Steve

did i mess up or did you miss something?

your post is correct in that the ports were marked as E, but not on the same vlan that i was referring to.

thanks.

stephenw10

No I didn't realise you were refering to VLAN1.

This is where is gets confusing. VLAN1, the default VLAN, is usually only ever tagged within the switch. Although you can send it tagged between switches you could equally send it untagged with no difference in the logical network layout.

Anyway I think you have it correct.

Steve

A Former User

@stephenw10:

No I didn't realise you were refering to VLAN1.

This is where is gets confusing. VLAN1, the default VLAN, is usually only ever tagged within the switch. Although you can send it tagged between switches you could equally send it untagged with no difference in the logical network layout.

Anyway I think you have it correct.

Steve

ok, well now that we are on the same page, see if you can help me out with this…

both my vlan switches are on the 192 network.

8 port- 192.168.1.20
24 port- 192.168.1.9

for now, there are 0 rules in play to block vlans

here is the issue.

i get a laptop and join it to the 172 or 10 network, w/o any issues, i can ping 192.168.1.20 and 192.168.1.9...replies come back for both.

i can web into the .20 8 port switch but i cant web into the .9 port switch.

do you know why that is?

everything is tagged as i typed it in my most recent tagged/untagged port above.

not sure why i can ping and web into .20 but i can only ping .9 and not web into it.

the .9 switch is more advanced, i wonder if there is some sort of option i am missing? i am almost certain in the 24 port, .9, switch each vlan can have its own gateway address and i know i set the gateway for vlan1 at 192.168.1.1, but i dont know that would cause me to not be able to web into it, locally.

thanks.

stephenw10

Hmmm.
The 24 port switch is significantly more complex.
It may have a setting that limits web GUI access to clients from it's own subnet. Since you are trying to access it routed via pfSense it would block that connection. This is relatively common.

Steve

A Former User

@stephenw10:

Hmmm.
The 24 port switch is significantly more complex.
It may have a setting that limits web GUI access to clients from it's own subnet. Since you are trying to access it routed via pfSense it would block that connection. This is relatively common.

Steve

ok good, that makes me feel a little better about not being able to connect to it.

thanks for your help.