Cisco 871 and C2960 routing between vlans.

[derrick]

I have an 871 wireless router (c870-advipservicesk9-m version 15.1) and the c2960 switch (c2960-lanbasek9-m version 12.2). I was wondering if i can use the 871 to route between vlans on the c2960. I need to have 7 vlans setup on the network but the 871 only supports 4 vlans in its database. I know I can create more than 4 vlans on c2960's database but I don't how or if it's even possible to route between those vlans using the 871.

[Reza Sharifi]

According to the datasheet, 871 supports OSPF, BGP and EIGRP.  I don't see why you can't route between 4 vlans using sub-interfaces with 802.1q trunk.

HTH

Reza

[derrick]

Well I can setup 4 vlans on the router and route between them just fine. But when I tried setting up 7 vlans using the switch I couldn't get it to work.

[Reza Sharifi]

Well, the limitation on the router is only 4 vlans, so even though you set up 7 on the switch the router does not support more than 4.

what happens when you try to creat the 5 vlan on the router?  are you using 1 port with 802.1q and sub-interfaces?

[derrick]

I just setup 4 vlan interfaces. I only have one 802.10 interface that I can setup dot1q on. I guess though I do have it setup now with 4 vlan interfaces and 2 subinterfaces on the 802.11 interface.

[Leo Laohoo]

I hate to be the person to deliver bad news but 870 ISR will only support TWO (2) VLANs and VLAN 1, the default, is already one of them.

[Lei Tian]

Hi,

You can downgrade your code. Tried 12.3(8)-YI2, it supports max 10 Vlans. Not sure the 4 Vlan limitation starts from which release, but I guess 12.4 none T release should support 10 Vlans as well.

Check the supported features before you change the code.

Regards,

Lei Tian

[Nagaraja Thanthry · Accepted solution]

Hello Lei,

871 supports 10 Wireless VLANs (10 BVI interfaces) but it has limitation of

4 VLANs (Ethernet based vlan).

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps380/ps6200/product_data

_sheet0900aecd8028a976.html

The router will not accept the configuration of 5th VLAN.

Regards,

NT

[Lei Tian]

Hi NT,

I understand the limitation. I think that was added in 12.4T train. It supports max 10 Vlans before 12.4T.

Regards,

Lei Tian

[Nagaraja Thanthry]

Hello Lei,

Have you personally configured 10 VLANs on this hardware? I tried on couple

of devices but after 4 vlans, it gave error message. If you have actually

tested it, can you please post the corresponding outputs here? Also, what

version/feature set you are running?

Regards,

NT

[Leo Laohoo]

Support for 2 VLANs with Base Image. One VLAN dedicated to DMZ.

[Lei Tian]

For the record, I tested on my 871. Here is the output.

R2#sh ver
Cisco IOS Software, C870 Software (C870-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.3(8)YI2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Synched to technology version 12.3(10.3)T2
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
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Compiled Tue 14-Jun-05 18:58 by ealyon

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.3(8r)YI4, RELEASE SOFTWARE
ROM: Cisco IOS Software, C870 Software (C870-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.3(8)YI2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

R2 uptime is 1 minute
System returned to ROM by power-on
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Cisco 871W (MPC8272) processor (revision 0x200) with 118784K/12288K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FCZ114561YX
MPC8272 CPU Rev: Part Number 0xC, Mask Number 0x10
5 FastEthernet interfaces
1 802.11 Radio
128K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
24576K bytes of processor board System flash (Intel Strataflash)

Configuration register is 0x2102

R2#sh int trunk

Port      Mode         Encapsulation  Status        Native vlan
Fa0       on           802.1q         trunking      1

Port      Vlans allowed on trunk
Fa0       1-1005

Port      Vlans allowed and active in management domain
Fa0       1,10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90

Port      Vlans in spanning tree forwarding state and not pruned
Fa0       1,10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90
R2#sh ip int b | ex un
Interface                  IP-Address      OK? Method Status                Protocol
FastEthernet4              192.168.1.1     YES NVRAM  up                    down   
Vlan1                      10.10.10.1      YES NVRAM  up                    up     
Vlan10                     10.10.0.1       YES NVRAM  up                    up     
Vlan20                     10.10.20.1      YES NVRAM  up                    up     
Vlan30                     10.10.30.1      YES NVRAM  up                    up     
Vlan40                     10.10.40.1      YES NVRAM  up                    up     
Vlan50                     10.10.50.1      YES NVRAM  up                    up     
Vlan60                     10.10.60.1      YES NVRAM  up                    up     
Vlan70                     10.10.70.1      YES NVRAM  up                    up     
Vlan80                     10.10.80.1      YES NVRAM  up                    up     
Vlan90                     10.10.90.1      YES NVRAM  up                    up

Regards,

Lei Tian

[Nagaraja Thanthry]

Hello Lei,

Thanks for the clarification (+5).

Regards,

NT

[Leo Laohoo]

Nice one Lei (+5) here too.

This is one of those "murky" ones.

Let me get this straight, if you use, say 12.4 can you get 10 VLAN support?   What I meant to ask is, is the "T" train causing the number of VLANs supported to be lowered?   ANd if I use, for example, 12.2(24), I can get 10 VLANs?

[Lei Tian]

Thanks for the rating

Definitely not in 12.4T; I think might be support for 12.4.