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Okay, thanks to you both for getting me right. &nbsp;Exp, you nailed the configuration portion, and Mr Jemson, you clued me into doing a little further research. &nbsp;Turns out that while the 5424 supports some Layer 3 functionality it is not a TRUE Layer 3 switch with Routing capabilities. &nbsp;We've contacted our Dell Rep who steered us to this one and he's sending a 6424 which has the full Layer 3 feature set.<br />
Thank you, as always, to the indespesible experts on Experts Exchange!
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Okay, thanks to you both for getting me right.  Exp, you nailed the configuration portion, and Mr Jemson, you clued me into doing a little further research.  Turns out that while the 5424 supports some Layer 3 functionality it is not a TRUE Layer 3 switch with Routing capabilities.  We've contacted our Dell Rep who steered us to this one and he's sending a 6424 which has the full Layer 3 feature set.
Thank you, as always, to the indespesible experts on Experts Exchange!

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We have three VLANS,<br />
VLAN A<br />
VLAN B<br />
VLAN C<br />
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All on one switch. &nbsp;We'd like to route traffic over only certain ports using the Layer 3 capabilities in the switch, but I am needing some clarification - do we actually need a router between the VLAN's or is this something that should be able to be handled via Layer 3 technology on the switch...?
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We have three VLANS,
VLAN A
VLAN B
VLAN C

All on one switch.  We'd like to route traffic over only certain ports using the Layer 3 capabilities in the switch, but I am needing some clarification - do we actually need a router between the VLAN's or is this something that should be able to be handled via Layer 3 technology on the switch...?

Three VLans, One Switch Dell Power Connect 5424 (Layer 3) - How to route only certain ports between VLANs

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

Switches / Hubs

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.