You are talking about 2 physically separate routers connecting to PoE switch. Lets say you create vlan 100 and 200, then add port,lets say 10 to vlan 100 and port 20 to vlan 200. Now as far as I know a switch does not do network translation and this won't work with one IP address. So I bought two addresses at my ISP. I tried combining them. This article will guide you through the process of using a network switch with two routers, providing a clear understanding of the setup, configuration, and testing phases. By the end of this guide, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and confidence to optimize your network infrastructure. Well, it depends of the switch model, some devices you need to indicate first the dot1q protocol so you need to follow this sequence Other switch models like 3850 have the dot1q implicity so you dont need the switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q If Im not wrong, the model 878 is a router, if it has. Is it possible to connect Router A and Router B to the same switch, while having Router B be connected to a different subnet? Excuse my ignorance, but my motivation for setting it up this way is to make it so that when the computer labeled Computer on 172.
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