From: Ken Diliberto (ken@kdmd.net)
Date: Thu Oct 02 2003 - 00:54:20 GMT-3
Gary,
You should have a look at Private VLANs. That might be a better use of
address space.
Ken
Gary Bartlett wrote:
> hi Group,
>
>
>
> I have a client that has 3 switches configured as a flat network (all
> ports are in vlan1), all devices are web servers & they have 5 class C
> address spaces, 2 of the switches are 3550's and 1 is a 1900. They would
> like to better organize there network layout & think that each server
> should be put into there own VLAN... I'm well versed in routing, but I
> think I'm missing something when it comes to switching... To my
> understanding, if layer 3 switching is enabled on the cat 3550s, the
> layer 3 switches should be able to resolve the routing locally, & not
> have to forward the packets to the router to route between VLANS.
>
>
>
> The cat1900 is connected to one of the 3550s, so if each port is put
> into its own vlan, it would forward the request to the 3550 (will the
> 3550 tell the 1900 to route between VLANS?)
>
>
>
> I'm also not sure if this is a very good design? The client wants to
> decrease the impact of broadcast storms because of a virus they got a
> while ago.
>
>
>
> So I would have to configure a trunk between the 3 switches (No problem)
> but another question lies on how traffic will be forwarded to the router
> out to the internet... The router is a 2501 with an Ethernet interface
> connecting to one of the switches, I'm not sure how a server connected
> to one of the switches would forward its traffic to the router in
> another vlan, is that done with a default route?
>
>
>
> & if so, what about if the router is connected to switchA, and a server
> on switchB needed to get to the router, I don't know how this would
> work, would a default route be needed on this switch as well?
>
>
>
> any help would be appreciated
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> ***Get your CCIE and a FREE vacation: Shop.GroupStudy.com***
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Please help support GroupStudy by purchasing your study materials from:
> shop.groupstudy.com
>
> Subscription information may be found at:
> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
***Get your CCIE and a FREE vacation: Shop.GroupStudy.com***
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Mon Nov 24 2003 - 07:52:55 GMT-3