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I have two Dell switches (PowerConnect 3348 and PowerConnect 3424) in two buildings that are connected via fiber-optic on the fiber ports. I am trying to setup a wireless system on a different VLAN for security reasons. On the 3348 I have ports 33-36 setup as VLAN2 and port 24 on the 3424 on VLAN2. However, I cannot get them to communicate between the two switches. I have an access point on port 33 on the 3348 and another one on port 24 on the 3424. I also have a router setup on port 34 on the 3348 that goes to a DSL line that allows Internet access for our customers that they access via the access points. How do I setup the switches so that those ports can connect to each other and not bleed into our internal subnet that is setup as VLAN1 on all the other ports?
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I have two Dell switches (PowerConnect 3348 and PowerConnect 3424) in two buildings that are connected via fiber-optic on the fiber ports. I am trying to setup a wireless system on a different VLAN for security reasons. On the 3348 I have ports 33-36 setup as VLAN2 and port 24 on the 3424 on VLAN2. However, I cannot get them to communicate between the two switches. I have an access point on port 33 on the 3348 and another one on port 24 on the 3424. I also have a router setup on port 34 on the 3348 that goes to a DSL line that allows Internet access for our customers that they access via the access points. How do I setup the switches so that those ports can connect to each other and not bleed into our internal subnet that is setup as VLAN1 on all the other ports?

VLAN setup on Power Connect 3348

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