Friday, January 8, 2021

Help with configuring a basic network

Hi,

 

I'm at the beginning of learning about Cisco switches. I'm asking for your assistance with a "home" project to help me get a better understanding of basic switching concepts.

 

I work in IT as a jack of all trades so I have a pretty good understanding of how computers work.

 

So I am currently using a Cisco 3560G series switch in the default setup where it's a layer 2 switch and everything is on VLAN 1 (192.168.1.x)

 

My router is a PFsense box with a 192.168.1.2 IP address.

 

I would like to create a VLAN "100" (192.168.100.x) that has access to the internet and my network printer (192.168.1.27) ( use ACL?).

 

So my steps are: Create VLAN 100, assign a port to VLAN 100, enable DHCP on the VLAN, enable IP routing (little fuzzy here) and save the configuration. After that parts done I'll config an ACL to limit access to my network printer.

 

I think I'm missing some steps here. Create an interface for VLAN 100? Have 192.168.100.x with a gateway of 192.168.100.1 that will forward traffic to 192.168.1.2?

 

Thanks for your help with this. I really appreciate it!

 

RW



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