How to configure basic settings on a Cisco SGE2010 Layer 3 Switch & SGE2000 Layer 2 Switch
Hi,
I've recently acquired the following:
1 - Cisco SGE2010 (48 Port) Layer 3 Switch
3 - Cisco SGE2000 (24 Port) Layer 2 Switches
I'm having trouble thinking of a good way to configure these switches in my home environment to be first at just a basic default state up and running. My current environment consists of the following:
Internet > Modem > SonicWALL (TZ-215W) > Client Devices
I wont go into detail on how the SonicWALL is configured but as of right now it's doing all the routing (this can be discussed later if needed).
I've successfully tested each Switch in Layer 2 mode including the SGE2010 to look towards the SonicWALL (Default Gateway) for it's internet access. Then when connecting into any port on the switches it will be able to get out to the web. This was tested on each switch individually at a time.
When trying to test out the SGE2010 in Layer 3 Mode, I wasn't sure what needed to be set up inside of it for it to successfully be able to get out to the web when connecting into any port. I don't have that much experience with Layer 3 configuration currently.
Throughout my IT Career I've seen switches in environments set up in all different ways. Usually there was the Internet connection from outside, the modem, and then the Layer 3 Switch that did all the routing. Then below the Layer 3 Switch there were the 3 Layer 2 Switches that were "Stacked" with each other.
My question is what would be the best way to set up all the 4 switches I have (1 SGE2010 L3 Switch & 3 SGE2000 L2 Switches)?
I'm looking for a basic, default setup for all switches that work together in some type of scenario. Would I have the SGE2010 L3 Switch at the top doing all the routing, then have it connect into the 3 SGE2000 L2 Switches? Would the SGE2000 L2 Switches all be "Stacked" together as well?
I'm looking for a basic setup, not complicated, 1 IP Range for starters, so that I can then test going forward with more complicated setups that I already have in place with my SonicWALL. I'm trying to learn and understand the correct way to setup all these switches together. I want to be able to plug into any of the switches and get an IP address automatically, etc...
Any recommendations or assistance would be greatly appreciated. Once we have a good theory in place and type of scenario we probably would go towards, then we can work on configuring it correctly to get it up and running.
Thanks
I've recently acquired the following:
1 - Cisco SGE2010 (48 Port) Layer 3 Switch
3 - Cisco SGE2000 (24 Port) Layer 2 Switches
I'm having trouble thinking of a good way to configure these switches in my home environment to be first at just a basic default state up and running. My current environment consists of the following:
Internet > Modem > SonicWALL (TZ-215W) > Client Devices
I wont go into detail on how the SonicWALL is configured but as of right now it's doing all the routing (this can be discussed later if needed).
I've successfully tested each Switch in Layer 2 mode including the SGE2010 to look towards the SonicWALL (Default Gateway) for it's internet access. Then when connecting into any port on the switches it will be able to get out to the web. This was tested on each switch individually at a time.
When trying to test out the SGE2010 in Layer 3 Mode, I wasn't sure what needed to be set up inside of it for it to successfully be able to get out to the web when connecting into any port. I don't have that much experience with Layer 3 configuration currently.
Throughout my IT Career I've seen switches in environments set up in all different ways. Usually there was the Internet connection from outside, the modem, and then the Layer 3 Switch that did all the routing. Then below the Layer 3 Switch there were the 3 Layer 2 Switches that were "Stacked" with each other.
My question is what would be the best way to set up all the 4 switches I have (1 SGE2010 L3 Switch & 3 SGE2000 L2 Switches)?
I'm looking for a basic, default setup for all switches that work together in some type of scenario. Would I have the SGE2010 L3 Switch at the top doing all the routing, then have it connect into the 3 SGE2000 L2 Switches? Would the SGE2000 L2 Switches all be "Stacked" together as well?
I'm looking for a basic setup, not complicated, 1 IP Range for starters, so that I can then test going forward with more complicated setups that I already have in place with my SonicWALL. I'm trying to learn and understand the correct way to setup all these switches together. I want to be able to plug into any of the switches and get an IP address automatically, etc...
Any recommendations or assistance would be greatly appreciated. Once we have a good theory in place and type of scenario we probably would go towards, then we can work on configuring it correctly to get it up and running.
Thanks
ASKER
Hi,
In order to set the following:
IP route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 <GW>
Is this able to be done through the GUI as opposed to the Command line interface?
Once this is setup, I will try to see if I can get internet on the switch with the default VLAN 1 that is set to all the ports. After this is accomplished, I would like to know how to connect the other 3 switches to the SGE2010. I'm guessing it would be considered Stacking?
What would be the best way to connect the other 3 switches to this SGE210 L3 Switch? Would I use Stacking? Would I dedicate each additional switch to be on a new VLAN? How would I make them all work together? Are there any special commands or routes that would have be on the Layer 3 switch?
Also another question I had is that, would the Layer 3 switch be doing all the routing or would the SonicWALL Firewall? Right now the SonicWALL Firewall is doing all the routing, but is that too much load on the device? Would it make more sense to have the SGE2010 L3 Switch to do the routing?
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
In order to set the following:
IP route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 <GW>
Is this able to be done through the GUI as opposed to the Command line interface?
Once this is setup, I will try to see if I can get internet on the switch with the default VLAN 1 that is set to all the ports. After this is accomplished, I would like to know how to connect the other 3 switches to the SGE2010. I'm guessing it would be considered Stacking?
What would be the best way to connect the other 3 switches to this SGE210 L3 Switch? Would I use Stacking? Would I dedicate each additional switch to be on a new VLAN? How would I make them all work together? Are there any special commands or routes that would have be on the Layer 3 switch?
Also another question I had is that, would the Layer 3 switch be doing all the routing or would the SonicWALL Firewall? Right now the SonicWALL Firewall is doing all the routing, but is that too much load on the device? Would it make more sense to have the SGE2010 L3 Switch to do the routing?
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Layer 3 Devices use Routing to get out on the internet, so instead of configuring default-gateway, use:
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 <GW>
As for your network design, it all depends on what you want to accomplish. But usually the Firewall goes as the first line of defense, and since you have only 2 more switches, just divide your network into Vlans, for example DMZ and you should be good to go.