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by acer1986 1 view

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Hi,
I have got a Dell L3 Switch (PC6224)
1x FSM750S 48port Managed switch
1x FS726T 26port smart switch
1x GS724TS 24port smart switch

My aim is to create a number of Vlans, but I am not entirely sure if this will work with the hardware I have got. If anyone could tell me how to set trunk ports and/or Vlans on any of these Netgear switches, please help me out. I have experience in Cisco Vlaning and I also know how to use the dell PowerConnect 6224 for Vlaning. Its just these Netgear switches giving me a headache. Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks to everyone in advance

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by robo_dev

Based on the specs of those devices, it looks possible with all three Netgears, but I would not expect it to do anything very complex.

Is there a specific issue or problem that you're having with it??

Some config examples on the knowledge base:
http://kbserver.netgear.com/

How-to: Set up tagged VLAN on Netgear GSM7312
http://www.hpcares.com/support/training/setup-tagged-vlan-netgear.html

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t503781-cisco-amp-netgear-switch-trunking.html

Here's another bloke with the same problem:
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/netgeat-vlan-help
(sorry, just kidding :))

by acer1986

Thanks,
I'm not planning nothing complex, all I want to do is to segment my network into 3, maybe more Vlans. There is no specific problems yet, but I need to get my ideas together as I have only got one L2 and one L3 switch to practice with (which I could get working just like I wanted). My main problem is that all the switches I listed in the first post are on a live network and when I started to setup my Vlans I suddenly noticed, nothing was working and I could not get the switches communicating with the L3 switch for inter Vlan routing. The problem I had, which I know now thanks to your post is: The "Trunk" in Netgear speak is not "Trunk" in Cisco speak. In Cisco "Trunk"
is an interface that carries multiple vlans. In Netgear it is the binding of
ports to create a larger pipe, which in Cisco we call a port channel. So when I setup a Trunk I was making a "bigger pipe" rather than a throughput for all my Vlans. I will read all the info and let you know how I got on.
Thank you very much, this was a big step in clearing things up

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