rhys1984

Thanks - could you explain why I wouldn't need to configure static routing if I am routing between two VLANs on different subnet ranges? What would the alternative method be? And yes, I'm not in work for a few days but as soon as I can I'll get the confit info sorted. And we are using Aironets here - a few schools teamed together and got a good price for them. Thanks, Rhys

That's great - thank you. Speckytecky: I'm browsing on my phone, and can't actually see a facility to say thanks?

Yes that's correct - could you briefly explain what you mean by 'link it to the guest ssid' please?

Ok - thanks for your help. The main IP of the wireless box would be on the existing 255.255.248.0 network, with a two VLANs configured - one for Staff and one for Guest. Would this work OK? Thanks, Rhys

Sorry guys - one last question: If we decide to go ahead with this, and create two VLANs (one on the 10.56.75.0 - VLAN1, with VLAN2 on the existing 10.56.80.0 interface), how would we then go about tagging the relevant wireless box port on the switch? I.E: Our Wireless box will need to be configured as follows: Staff wireless: VLAN2 - 10.56.80.0 Guest wireless: VLAN1 - 10.56.75.0 So what configuration would be required on the switch? Am I correct in thinking that a port on a switch can be configured with multiple VLANS? Thanks, Rhys

OK Thanks for that. We do have an alternative range already set-up by our LA which is for future use (10.56.75.0) - so could I just configure static routing on our L3 Switch between this range and our existing range? Thanks Rhys

Thanks for all this brilliant advise - very helpful. Could I clarify - a post above States that the LA may need to become involved to help route internally. Why is this - could we not just configure the default gateway (our L3 switch) ourselves to configure the routing between the new ranges/VLANs? If so, in a nutshell, how would I go about doing this - is it presumably Static Routing? Thanks, Rhys

Thanks for the reply - our core is Cisco. We do have an additional range (10.56.75.0) that we can use from the LA. How easy would it be setting up the required config etc for the ranges to talk to each other?

Hi guys, Looking for a bit of advise. We have a network - 10.56.80.0 - 10.56.87.255, Subnet 255.255.248.0, and we are looking to VLAN it so we can have a guest wireless service in addition to our existing staff wireless, but whilst keeping the same subnet mask as we only want to separate the wireless. Our wireless solution supports VLANs - so in basic terms, what is the best way to do this? Would we have to split up the network into smaller subnets first? Or could we use a new range (10.56.75.0) for example instead, and then set up routing back to the original network for the Staff side wireless (and how is this done)? Cheers Rhys.