Creating the trunk is where I'm lost the most. I don't understand how to associate vlans with a trunk port.
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We have an HP ProCurve 5412 swtich and 3 Cisco 2800 routers. We also have a main branch which needs to supply non-employees internet access from time to time. Our main brach is on a 10.10.x.x network which connects to a CoLocaton on a 10.11.x.x network then goes to to the internet. I would like to create a VLAN on our 10.10.x.x network so that we can grant internet access to non-employees but they will not have access to any other network resources. I know this possible with our equipment but I have no idea how to implement this. Can anyone help me?
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Those sites explain VLANS pretty well.. I actually gotta jet for now but I should be able to get back to u later in the week.. hopefully someone else can jump in to help until then..
Those articles helped out a lot. I think I've got the switch part figured out. As a test I put one port in a new vlan then I tagged another port on both vlans. When I connected the router to the shared port then there was no network traffic flowing from the switch to the router. Do I need to configure the router with 2 sub-interfaces for both vlans to get connectivity.
Please someone look at the attached screen shot and let me know if I have the switch configured right.
Ok, thanks for the info jburgaard. That fixed my problem with the main network not being able to access the router. Now I have both vlans up and running. However, there is one snag. the vlan for public use (vlan_guest) is able to access my entire network. How do I block access to the 10.10.x.x network and to the 10.11.x.x network from the public network?
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by: killbradPosted on 2008-04-30 at 08:44:01ID: 21471810
You will need to setup the VLAN on the switch, by identifying the names of each VLAN and which switchports belong to which VLAN.
You will need to setup a trunk port on the switch that goes back to a router.
You will need to setup subinterfaces on the router for the interface that is connected to the switch, and then setup proper routing.
I cannot give you the exact code/buttons to push on your devices since I do not know how your current configuration is setup, but those are the essential steps.