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We do have a few Vlans, but each vlan interface on each switch has its own unique ip.
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We do have a few Vlans, but each vlan interface on each switch has its own unique ip.

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VLAN's shouldn't matter in this case, since both switches are in the same subnet, and routing to the same default gateway.<br />
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Now you couldn't plug a 192.168.2.x switch into a 192.168.3.x subnet and expect it to work...<br />
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VLAN's shouldn't matter in this case, since both switches are in the same subnet, and routing to the same default gateway.

Now you couldn't plug a 192.168.2.x switch into a 192.168.3.x subnet and expect it to work...



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Thanks,<br />
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Didn't want my network to blow up when i replaced switch 1 next week.
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Thanks,

Didn't want my network to blow up when i replaced switch 1 next week.

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I have 2 switches on my network both on the same subnet. switch 1 has a default route to our firewall, to get to the firewall it needs to go thru switch 2 (which has the same default route) to get out to the internet.<br />
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is this going to cause me problems?
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I have 2 switches on my network both on the same subnet. switch 1 has a default route to our firewall, to get to the firewall it needs to go thru switch 2 (which has the same default route) to get out to the internet.

is this going to cause me problems?

2 switches with the same default Route?

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.