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Inter Vlan Communication

Sagar4
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I've heard that to make communication between two vlans possible, you need a layer 3 device.

Suppose that I connect two layer 2 switches via trunk link passing two vlans 10 and 20 on it. Both switches have some devices of both vlans connected to it's interfaces. If I configure int vlan 10 and int vlan 20 ip addresses on both switches, then I will be able to ping every end host devices from any end host device regardless of their vlan subnet. So, isn't this an example of inter vlan communication where I didn't use layer 3 device? So, why we need layer 3 device to make two vlans communicate with each other? I tested this setup via packet tracer.

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Joseph W. Doherty
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What PT switch model did you use?

Could you provide the PT file where this worked for you?

one Q 
what is native in both SW are it same or not ?
MHM

Hello, I wasn't able to attach packet tracer file here. Hence, I'm providing screenshot images below.

Both switches model is WS-C2960-24TT-L

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PC0 IP: 10.1.1.1/24
PC1 IP: 10.1.1.2/24
PC2 IP: 10.1.1.3/24
PC3 IP: 10.1.1.4/24
Laptop0 IP: 20.1.1.1/24
Laptop1 IP: 20.1.1.2/24
Laptop2 IP: 20.1.1.3/24
Laptop3 IP: 20.1.1.4/24

 

You should be able to attach PT file if you Zip it first.

M02@rt37
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Hello @Sagar4 

If I configure int vlan 10 and int vlan 20 ip addresses on both switches...

So Switches are no more L2 only no?

Best regards
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