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Verizon FiOS - Setting Up Tagged/Untagged VLans on Westell Router
Hello All:

I have Verizon FiOS router and I am trying to set up 2 - 3 VLan's (maybe more) to responded to Tagged ports that will be passed by a Layer 3 Netgear Switch. I have set up the Netgear Layer 3 Switch for the VLan's (VLAN 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.) and have left VLAN1 the Default VLAN (Management VLAN).

I would like to set up Port 1 on the Verizon FiOS router to send out DHCP request to say VLAN2, then Port 2 on the Verizon FiOS router to send out DHCP request to say VLAN3, and so on and so forth. I can set the " ip helper address " to point to a static IP on that VLAN which would be of course the Verizon FiOS router because I would set up (assuming) a static IP to the port and within the configuration of the Netgear tell it to pass the DHCP request to that IP and set a pool of DHCP request within the Verizon FiOS router.

I know that the Verizon FiOS router supports multiple DHCP scopes under "Advanced --> IP Address Distribution" but still so confused and lost on setting up the VLANs on the FiOS router itself because I don't see where to remove the LAN ports from the default "Home / Office Network" bridge (Bridged with the WAN for WWW Traffic) and assigning the PVID's and VLANs.

So of course any help is appreciated or any manuals, references, etc would be appreciated as well. The only forum article I can find on experts-exchange.com is

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23516395/Divide-Verizon-FIOS-network-into-separate-subnets.html?sfQueryTermInfo=1+10+30+fio+tag+verizon

But it's not for my router, the ActionTec was the original router FiOS has, now they roll out the Westell routers which is what I have. Thanks again

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The FIOS router doesn't support 802.1q, so it doesn't recognize vlan tagging. Why not use the netgear as the dhcp (assuming it has that option) create your scopes on the netgear to distribute the addresses? Another option is just to set up a dhcp server and let it be responsible for distributing to your different vlans.

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Soulja:

    Just out of curiosity, why does the FiOS router have the ability to create VLANs, and what have you?

    The Netgear switch does pass out DHCP and as goes for the "DHCP Server", yes I would do that in a business environment but this is at my home and the only reason I'm trying to split traffic is A. Because of LAN traffic and B. I have a Site to Site VPN with work and would like to keep the traffic separate (like it is now) from my home traffic.

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Could you post the model of the FIOS router. I could have been looking at the wrong one.

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Yea sure, I'm at home now ...

It is a:

(On the Bottom)

Brand: Westell
Model: A90 - 9100EM15 - 10
HW Rev: B

Shipped Firmware: 1.02.00.04

(On Top / Front):

Ultraline Series3 Model 9100EM

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Just to comment, neither one really 'tells' you if it is supported or now and how to set it up. Everyone keeps mentioning about breaking the bridge on the current 4 LAN ports but I am unable to break the bridge. I might just say hell with it and use another device for my 'needs'. I appreciate the help Soulja!

The documentation, which isn't his/her fault, wasn't "detailed" in setting up VLAN's like I wanted to.

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