09-08-2016 05:32 AM - edited 03-08-2019 07:21 AM
Hi All,
I am going to be placing hosts in the same community vlan but hosts are on two different switches. The switches are connected via trunk port.
Community Hosts------Switch 1-------------Switch 2-------Community Hosts
Do I need the trunk ports to be in promiscuous mode in order for community vlan members to see each other across switches, or can I just make sure the primary vlan that the community vlan is under is permitted over the trunk and it will be good to go?
Thanks.
09-08-2016 07:20 AM
You need to make sure the primary and secondary vlan (s) are allowed on the Trunk.
Your trunk does not need to be a promiscuous port, a standard dot1q port is fine as long as its allowing the primary and secondary vlan (s).
09-08-2016 11:04 AM
Excellent, thanks for your reply. One follow up: I would permit the primary and secondary vlan across the trunk port the same way I would permit two primary vlans over a trunk port right?
In other words, primary vlan 100, community seconday vlan under it is 200. On the trunk port I would do "switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200" right?
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