Config Register is 0x4a6f6469

Continuing previous post with title VLAN-Switch, now I will talk about VLAN-Switches.

This topology of VLAN is needed a Trunk. What is a Trunk ?

Trunk is a physical connection between switch to switch or switch to router or between switch to pc with a special NIC supported Trunk.

The figure below is talking about Trunk between two switch. In this topology, Trunk is  functioning as a bridge for each VLANs. So VLAN 10 in switch-A can communicate to VLAN 10 in switch-B with a logical connection inside the Trunk. Similar explanation for VLAN 20. But remember, different VLAN still can not connected to each other.

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Two switches, switch-A and switch-B. Each has two VLANs, VLAN 10 and VLAN 20.

In switch-A VLAN 10 registered on ethernet-port 0/1, while ethernet-port 0/2 has VLAN 20. And switch-B has VLAN 10 registered on ethernet-port 0/1, and ethernet-port 0/2 has VLAN 20. 

As usual we will setup the default configuration on the switch, like hostname, password, IP Address, and the VLAN itself. 

 

console:

switch-A: 

switch> enable

switch# conf t

switch(config)# hostname switch-A

switch-A(config)# enable password level 15 cisco

switch-A(config)# ip address 192.168.1.11 255.255.255.0

switch-A(config)# vlan 10 name Group-A

switch-A(config)# vlan 20 name Group-B

switch-A(config)# int fa0/26

switch-A(config-if)# trunk on

switch-A(config-if)# exit

switch-A(config)# int e0/1

switch-A(config-if)# vlan-membership static 10

switch-A(config-if)# exit

switch-A(config)# int e0/2

switch-A(config-if)# vlan-membership static 20

 

switch-B:

switch> enable

switch# conf t

switch(config)# hostname switch-B

switch(config)# enable password level 15 cisco

switch(config)# ip address 192.168.1.12 255.255.255.0

switch(config)# vlan 10 name Group-A

switch(config)# vlan 20 name Group-B

switch(config)# int fa0/26

switch(config-if)# trunk on

switch(config-if)# exit

switch(config)# int e0/1

switch(config-if)# vlan-membership static 10

switch(config-if)# exit

switch(config)# int e0/2

switch(config-if)# vlan-membership static 20

 

VLAN stands for Virtual-LAN. The main idea is how to make logical connection trough a switch by grouping a LAN.

For example, LAN at the office. Most of them, it just connect all host available to ports available in switch. It will make one big broadcast transmission, and by the time it will excessive the network.

With VLAN you can make group for each department, like VLAN-marketing, VLAN-accounting, VLAN-operation. Host in VLAN-marketing can only communicate with other host in the same VLAN. Same scenario for other VLANs. This topology will divided broadcast transmission in to three different broadcast for each VLAN. It will make network more enhance and could provide maximum troughput to each host.

In order for scalability and adaptability, subnetting should be use for each VLAN. Especially for Trunking method.

scenario:

Cisco Catalyst Switch 1900 version with four active ethernet ports connects to four PC. We will try setting 2 VLANs, which is VLAN 10 and VLAN 20.

Console commands are setting up VLAN 10 and VLAN 20. VLAN 10 has a member ethernet-port 0/1 and ethernet-port 0/3, VLAN 20 has a member ethernet-port 0/2 and ethernet-port 0/4.

Host at ethernet-port 0/1 can only communicate to host at ethernet-port 0/3 because they are on the same VLAN 10. And Host at ethernet-port 0/2 can only communicate to host at ethernet-port 0/4 because they are on the same VLAN 20

 

console:

switch> enable

switch# conf t 

switch(config)# hostname switch-A

switch-A(config)# enable password level 15 cisco 

switch-A(config)# ip address 192.168.1.11 255.255.255.0

switch-A(config)# vlan 10 name Group-A

switch-A(config)# vlan 20 name Group-B

switch-A(config)# int e0/1

switch-A(config-if)# vlan-membership static 10

switch-A(config-if)# exit

switch-A(config)# int e0/2

switch-A(config-if)# vlan-membership static 20

switch-A(config-if)# exit

switch-A(config)# int e0/3

switch-A(config-if)# vlan-membership static 10

switch-A(config-if)# exit

switch-A(config)# int e0/4

switch-A(config-if)# vlan-membership static 20