VLANS and switches

[MartinRouterKing]

Hi all,

 

I'm struggling a little with vlans.

 

I have a Cisco switch which has 2 vlans one for curriculum network one for admin network

 

VLAN 1 - admin

 

VLAN 2 - curriculum

 

I have a trunk port which is a member of both.

 

What I am trying to do is run a cable from the trunk port on the Cisco to a zyxel gs1900 8hp then I am trying to make every port on the zyxel trunk ports so they are a member of both networks so I can add wireless access points.

[noit]

Is it a layer 3 switch or do you having a router for routing?

 

No need to make all the zyxel ports trunks as that opens you to a world of trouble.

 

Make one port a trunk port and make sure that VLANS 1 and 2 are allowed on the link for zyxel switch.

[MartinRouterKing]

Layer 2 with router. So would I make say the uplink port a trunk and then make the uplink port a member of both VLan 1 and Vlan 2?

[noit]

Uplink port would be a trunk but the VLANS will need to be allowed on the trunk. Also make sure the default gateways for those VLANS are set to their respective default gateways on the router.

 

What you'd then do is make the remaining ports access ports for the vlan you want them on.

[FN-GM]

You will need to make sure that the Cisco switch trunks are configured using dot 1q trunks and not ISL.

 

Uplink port would be a trunk but the VLANS will need to be allowed on the trunk.

 

Good news is by default it allows all VLANS.

[noit]

I always like to hear good news