Routing Vlans; Create A Routing Vlan With The Vlan Static Routing Wizard - NETGEAR S3600 Series User Manual

S3600 Series 8- or 16-Port 10G/Multi-Gigabit Ethernet Smart Switch with 2 SFP+ Ports

Routing VLANs

You can configure some interfaces to support VLANs and other interfaces to support
routing. You can also configure the switch to allow traffic on a VLAN to be treated as if
the VLAN were a router interface.
When an interface is enabled for bridging (the default setting) rather than routing, all
normal bridge processing is performed for an inbound packet, which is then associated
with a VLAN. Its MAC destination address (MAC DA) and VLAN ID are used to search
the MAC address table. If routing is enabled for the VLAN, and the MAC DA of an
inbound unicast packet is that of the internal bridge-router interface, the packet is
routed. An inbound multicast packet is forwarded to all ports in the VLAN, plus the
internal bridge-router interface, if it was received on a routing VLAN.
Because an interface can belong to more than one VLAN, VLAN routing might be
enabled for all of the VLANs on the interface, or for a subset. You can use VLAN routing
to allow more than one physical port to reside on the same subnet. You can also use
VLAN routing if a VLAN spans multiple physical networks, or if you require additional
segmentation or security.
An interface can be either a VLAN interface or a routing interface, but not both. However,
a VLAN interface can be part of a VLAN that functions as a routing interface.
NOTE: For more information about VLAN routing and a configuration example,
see VLAN routing interface example configuration on page 594.
Create a routing VLAN with the VLAN static
routing wizard
The VLAN static routing wizard lets you create a VLAN and add interfaces to the VLAN.
The VLAN static routing wizard also lets you add selected interfaces as a link aggregation
group (LAG). With the wizard, you can do the following:
• Create a routing VLAN with an IP address and subnet mask for routing.
• Add selected interfaces, LAGs, or both to the newly created routing VLAN.
• Enable tagging on a selected interface or LAG if it is a member of another VLAN.
Or, disable tagging if the selected interface or LAG is not a member of another VLAN.
• Set a PVID for a selected interface or LAG.
• Exclude interfaces and LAGs from the routing VLAN.
To create a routing VLAN with the VLAN static routing wizard:
1. Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.
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