John
I'm not sure i follow this -
vlan2 - 10.10.10.222
vlan3 - 192.168.200.254
vlan4 - 192.168.202.222
what are the above gateways ?
If a server from my 10.10.10.0 network wants to talk to a server on my 192.168.200.0 network, it will get directed to 10.10.10.1 (the L3 switch) then the switch needs to route that traffic to the 192.168.200.0 vlan then the default gateway of the 192.168.200.0 subnet which is 192.168.200.254
I thought you wanted to use the L3 switch to route between vlans ? So the above should be -
server 10.10.10.x network sends packets to 10.10.10.1. The L3 switch then simply routes it onto the 192.168.200.x network and sends it to the 192.168.200.x server. There is no need for another gateway ie. there is no need for 192.168.200.254.
What you do is set the default-gateway for each device to the corresponding IP address of the vlan interface on the L3 switch so server in 10.10.10.x network would have a DG of 10.10.10.1 and the 192.168.200.x server would have a DG of 192.168.200.1 and then the L3 switch will simply route between these networks.
Note if you have DHCP or static IPs setup with the gateways you have listed above ie. 222/254 etc. then you can simply assign these IPs to the vlan interfaces on the L3 switches instead of the .1 addresses if this makes things simpler.
To test simply connect a device in one vlan to the switch and a device in another vlan and try pinging etc. Make sure if the devices have windows firewall or similiar you disable it temporarily for testing.
As for allocating ports to the correct subnet you have already done this on the L3 switch for a couple of ports eg -
interface FastEthernet0/1
switchport access vlan 2
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/2
switchport access vlan 3
switchport mode access
!
interface FastEthernet0/3
switchport access vlan 4
switchport mode access
the "switchport access vlan " command is what is used to assign a port to a vlan. So to fa0/1 you would connect a device in the 10.10.10.x network. Fa0/2 a device in the 192.168.200.x network and fa0/3 to a device in the 192.168.202.x network.
You should also add this command to each port - "spanning-tree portfast" ie.
int fa0/1
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 2
spanning-tree portfast
if you connect another switch or a server using a trunk link to your L3 switch do not use the "spanning-tree portfast" command on that interfaces configuration.
Jon
