User guide

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When you create a port channel, a new interface may be created designated by 1/1 for
example.
Next, you will assign the VLAN IDs to the PORT-CHANNEL interface (1/1). First,
configure the port-channel interface to “participate” or “include” VLAN 100 and make sure
that it is TAGGED. Then, configure the port-channel interface to “participate” or “include”
VLAN 200 and make sure that it is TAGGED. The port-channel interface should now be part
of both VLAN 100 and VLAN 200 using TAGGED VLAN.
Now, configure the switch to use ports 3, 4, 5, and 6 for the “Front/Internet” LAN. The
devices connected these ports will not be using any VLAN configurations. The switch will
be configured to accept incoming “untagged” packets and automatically assign a VLAN ID to
those packets. In this case, you will be using VLAN ID 100. First, you will configure ports
3, 4, 5, and 6 to “participate” or “include” VLAN 100 and make sure that you specify that it
is UNTAGGED. On some switches, that means you have to first issue the command to have
the port “participate” on VLAN 100, then you have no issue a “no vlan tagging 100”
command. Next is very important to make this portion work properly, you must make these
ports “accept all frames” AND you must assign them the PVID of 100. If you are unsure
where, or how, to set the PVID, then please refer to your switch user manual. This tells the
switch that these ports are part of VLAN 100, the data from the devices connected will be
untagged and it should accept it anyway, and finally the switch will automatically assign a
VLAN ID of 100 to these untagged packets. At this point, assuming that your device has a
192.168.12.0/24 address, you should now be able to ping the WebMux rtr LAN IP address of
192.168.12.21.
Finally, on the “server” side you will configure the switch to use ports 7, 8, 9, and 10 for the
“Back/Server” LAN. Again, the devices on these ports will not be using any VLAN
configurations. The switch will be configured to accept incoming “untagged” packets and
automatically assign a VLAN ID to those packets. Your “server” side VLAN ID is 200. You
will need to configured port 7, 8, 9, and 10 to “participate” or “include” VLAN 200 and make
sure that you specify that it is UNTAGGED. Next you will need to make these ports “accept
all frames” AND you must assign them the PVID of 200. Again, please refer to your switch
user manual for specific commands. At this point, any device connected to port 7, 8, 9, or 10
(and assuming that it already has a 192.168.11.0/24 address), you should now be able to ping
the WebMux svr LAN IP address of 192.168.11.21.