ConradJones

The only reason not to VLAN it is if you can't. ie. the hardware doesn't support it.

thank you, i was coming the same conclusion, especially give the internet pipe is 100mb and the switches are 10gbe. i think smoothwall should get its own vlan then, as it seems a little weird for it to be on one vlan with clients and then the other vlans have to route to get to it. tbh i'm thinking out loud as i have limited time "in the building" to set this up and its probably going to playing on my mind until its done, luckily i have one of the smoothwalls at home so I can get that ready then go and "throw it in the rack"

still wondering whether to give the smoothwall box an interface on each vlan that needs internet access or route (seperate question to default gateway of device) this would save hitting the x670 with having to route internet traffic.

ignore that post, i'm tired. yes i mean the ip address of the VLAN on the x670

yes the address of the vlan on the x670???????????????

interesting NMAP is showing the LA's juniper as this? Amazon.com: Webstar DPC2100 Cable Modem: Computers & Accessories

sorry i see what you mean. I meant in configuring the routing table on the switch

you mean 2. use the x670's, this is the direction i have been leaning towards

I'm looking at something like this, i'm wondering whether to 1.use the smoothwall(s) as the default gateway for all vlans or 2.use the x670's as the default gateway and add routing entries for all internal vlans then a default route to the smoothwall

SPOT ON

as @plexer says technically you could configure two vlans with the same ip range as long as you aren't trying to route between them, but more you should ask the question why would you? if you did have two completely seperate network segments it would better to have different ip ranges so it was obvious which one you were on, although it could have its uses in testing or lab environments.

cool cheers, i'm probably going to go with the HP one I linked. Extreme don't vendor lock so supposedly take anything, I'll order one and we shall see.

what brand was it? and has it been reliable? is it an all in one like i linked or a external box? hthanks

I was after opionions from people who were using them in terms of reliability.

anyone used something like this? Stuff-UK - SFPC1110 - StarTech RJ45 Gigabit Copper SFP Transceiver Module Mini-GBIC 100m https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/6747479337197010526?q=sfp+%20to%20rj45&hl=en&safe=off&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.44442042,d.d2k&biw=1517&bih=728&sa=X&ei=6plVUbOkH9GV0QW294HQCw&ved=0CFAQ8wIwAA need to go from 2xsmoothwall UTM 1000s into the 2xcore switch(s) which is extreme x670s (48 x 10GB/1GB SFP+) obviously there is also the powered kind, but of course I would like to avoid a non rackmountable box and a wall wart if i can.

Just checking files users have write access to and i'm a little suprised with these two: c:\windows\system32\mfc71.dll c:\windows\system32\msvcr71.dll XP SP3 on a domain environment

i didn't think you over-reacted at all mate, don't worry! was just agreeing with you that's all, my first comment was my light relief from the nonsense i'm currently having to deal with.

I totally agree way more than you would ever know, I wasn't being serious if you were replying to my post.

a really experienced engineer would have correctly maintained his equipment so as not have the problem to start with.

yeh, first time I've actually seriously thought about how to get linux on the desktop. (not going to happen but,)

I have 5. What is your location?

hows the GPO's in samba 4?

is that per box/vm?

lol looks very similar to one i did with php and snmp recently for ricoh's

hmm, what do you get for £40 a year?