I am currently attempting to segment some of my network through the use of VLANs. I have several VLANs up and running for other purposes like webservers, public access, VoIP, and IP surveillance cams, but all of those go through either all cisco equipment ot a mix of cisco and 3com. This netgear is throwing me for a loop.
I am trying to build a trunk between the netgear (GSM7328FS) and the cisco (Catalyst 2960).
It seems that once I set the port on the 2960 to “switchport mode trunk” all traffic beyond the netgear stops. It works fine when it’s just an access port, as it has been for over 6 months now. I have tried allowing VLAN 1, ALL VLANs, native VLAN 1, etc but I get nothing unless it’s set to an access port.
Currently it’s using a straight-through CAT5, but I did switch to a crossover with even worse results, as I couldn’t even get to the netgear itself with trunking turned on in the cisco.
I could set up a port for access VLAN 1 and a separate port for access VLAN 10, and use 2 ports on each switch, but that just seems tedious, redundant, unnecessary, and a waste of ports.
HELP!