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Just wanted to ask a question for a quick sanity check .... I'm at the point I've over thought it so I'm doubting the basics.<br />
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I have a bunch of users (USERS A 10.0.0.x / 24) that connect to a MPLS router (10.0.0.250) via a Layer 2+ switch on a default VLAN.<br />
Their default Gateway on the NIC's (Static and DHCP) is set to 10.0.0.250<br />
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I wanted to add another bunch of users (USERS B 10.1.1.x /24) that connect to another VLAN (VLAN 3) on the same switch that are totally independent and go out via another broadband router.<br />
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My plan was to leave half the switch (TOP) as default with the MPLS and users connected to these ports with these users still keeping the<br />
same default gateway etc.<br />
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Create a new VLAN on the bottom half of the switch (VLAN 3) and connect the users and broadband to the bottom ports and set their<br />
default gateway to the IP Address of the Broadband router (10.1.1.250 /24)<br />
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Both VLANS would not have any static routes added.<br />
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Can you see and problems ?<br />
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PS<br />
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At a later date change the users from default VLAN to a new VLAN 2
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Just wanted to ask a question for a quick sanity check .... I'm at the point I've over thought it so I'm doubting the basics.

I have a bunch of users (USERS A 10.0.0.x / 24) that connect to a MPLS router (10.0.0.250) via a Layer 2+ switch on a default VLAN.
Their default Gateway on the NIC's (Static and DHCP) is set to 10.0.0.250

I wanted to add another bunch of users (USERS B 10.1.1.x /24) that connect to another VLAN (VLAN 3) on the same switch that are totally independent and go out via another broadband router.

My plan was to leave half the switch (TOP) as default with the MPLS and users connected to these ports with these users still keeping the
same default gateway etc.

Create a new VLAN on the bottom half of the switch (VLAN 3) and connect the users and broadband to the bottom ports and set their
default gateway to the IP Address of the Broadband router (10.1.1.250 /24)

Both VLANS would not have any static routes added.

Can you see and problems ?

PS

At a later date change the users from default VLAN to a new VLAN 2

VLAN and PC GAteway Sanity Check

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.