I need to VPN into a work network. Problem: They have the exact same internal network as I do.
I figured "hey no problemo, I'll set up a VLAN with a totally different network on my switch / router so I can put a work laptop / desktop on it."
Thing is, while I'm aware of the concept of a VLAN, I've never set one up before and it's eluding me.
I have a couple of pretty decent switches in the basement by the patch panel - HP 2910al's, and a Sonicwall TZ 215. I tried to start with a wireless setup using a Vigor AP, but I wasted a lot of time troubleshooting wireless and even suspecting there was something wrong with it only to discover wired didn't work either.
I've set up the second VLAN on the TZ215 in the LAN zone and given it a DHCP server. I've set up a test Hyper-V VM with the same VLAN ID. And even if I manually set an IP address in the VM, I can't ping the router.
Where I am getting stuck is most likely the switch since I'm not understanding what setting to put in.
I've set up the second VLAN in the switch, in the VLAN Configuration tab. In the IP configuration tab, I've set the second VLAN to use DHCP/Bootp. There is no IP address currently assigned as it's clearly not seeing the TZ215's DHCP server.
All the ports are currently Untagged for the main LAN (i.e. the default VLAN). If I change that to Tagged for any port, then the port drops off the main LAN. And on the flipside, as default all ports are set to No on the second VLAN - and if I Tag the connection going to the router for the new VLAN nothing happens, and if I set it to Untagged then the main LAN drops off again.
Could someone help me on exactly what setting I need to make in the "VLAN Configuration" tab to get both the default and the newly created VLAN working? Or am I doing something else dumber?
I figured "hey no problemo, I'll set up a VLAN with a totally different network on my switch / router so I can put a work laptop / desktop on it."
Thing is, while I'm aware of the concept of a VLAN, I've never set one up before and it's eluding me.
I have a couple of pretty decent switches in the basement by the patch panel - HP 2910al's, and a Sonicwall TZ 215. I tried to start with a wireless setup using a Vigor AP, but I wasted a lot of time troubleshooting wireless and even suspecting there was something wrong with it only to discover wired didn't work either.
I've set up the second VLAN on the TZ215 in the LAN zone and given it a DHCP server. I've set up a test Hyper-V VM with the same VLAN ID. And even if I manually set an IP address in the VM, I can't ping the router.
Where I am getting stuck is most likely the switch since I'm not understanding what setting to put in.
I've set up the second VLAN in the switch, in the VLAN Configuration tab. In the IP configuration tab, I've set the second VLAN to use DHCP/Bootp. There is no IP address currently assigned as it's clearly not seeing the TZ215's DHCP server.
All the ports are currently Untagged for the main LAN (i.e. the default VLAN). If I change that to Tagged for any port, then the port drops off the main LAN. And on the flipside, as default all ports are set to No on the second VLAN - and if I Tag the connection going to the router for the new VLAN nothing happens, and if I set it to Untagged then the main LAN drops off again.
Could someone help me on exactly what setting I need to make in the "VLAN Configuration" tab to get both the default and the newly created VLAN working? Or am I doing something else dumber?