03-12-2018 02:50 PM - edited 03-08-2019 02:13 PM
Hi everyone,
Firstly, please go easy, I'm new to networking (started yesterday) and my brain is absolutely fried today, so I may just be making a very simple mistake that someone might be kind enough to point out.
Basically, I created a network earlier that I was happy with, got most things working except my VLANS were not talking to each other. To try and troubleshoot this issue I've created a new network to replicate this issue with a very simple network (1 router, 1 switch, 2 pcs, 2 vlans) and I still cannot ping across vlans, I'm probably missing something very simple so would really appreciate someone pointing it out. I can't seem to attach PKT file so here is an image of my network:
Router config:
! version 12.2 no service timestamps log datetime msec no service timestamps debug datetime msec no service password-encryption ! hostname Router ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ip cef no ipv6 cef ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! interface FastEthernet0/0 no ip address duplex auto speed auto ! interface FastEthernet0/0.10 encapsulation dot1Q 10 ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0 ! interface FastEthernet0/0.20 encapsulation dot1Q 20 ip address 192.168.20.1 255.255.255.0 ! interface FastEthernet1/0 no ip address duplex auto speed auto shutdown ! interface Serial2/0 no ip address clock rate 2000000 shutdown ! interface Serial3/0 no ip address clock rate 2000000 shutdown ! interface FastEthernet4/0 no ip address shutdown ! interface FastEthernet5/0 no ip address shutdown ! ip classless ! ip flow-export version 9 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! line con 0 ! line aux 0 ! line vty 0 4 login ! ! ! end
Switch Config:
! version 12.1 no service timestamps log datetime msec no service timestamps debug datetime msec no service password-encryption ! hostname Switch ! ! ! ! ! spanning-tree mode pvst spanning-tree extend system-id ! interface FastEthernet0/1 switchport mode trunk ! interface FastEthernet1/1 switchport access vlan 10 switchport mode access ! interface FastEthernet2/1 switchport access vlan 20 switchport mode access ! interface FastEthernet3/1 ! interface FastEthernet4/1 ! interface FastEthernet5/1 ! interface Vlan1 no ip address shutdown ! interface Vlan10 mac-address 0003.e429.e901 ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0 ! interface Vlan20 mac-address 0003.e429.e902 ip address 192.168.20.1 255.255.255.0 ! ! ! ! line con 0 ! line vty 0 4 login line vty 5 15 login ! ! ! end
Assigned static IP's to both machines to keep simple, pc6 ip = 192.168.10.3, gateway = 192.168.10.1 & pc5 ip = 192.168.20.3, gateway 192.168.20.1. These machines cannot ping each other, please help.
As I say, please ignore my very, very simple network it's just for replication purposes :)
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03-12-2018 03:00 PM
Hello,
remove the VLAN interfaces from your switch:
no interface Vlan10
mac-address 0003.e429.e901
ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0
!
no interface Vlan20
mac-address 0003.e429.e902
ip address 192.168.20.1 255.255.255.0
03-12-2018 02:52 PM
Ignore link lights - they are green, it's just I started up the file and took picture before the link lights turned to green :)
03-12-2018 03:00 PM
Hello,
remove the VLAN interfaces from your switch:
no interface Vlan10
mac-address 0003.e429.e901
ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0
!
no interface Vlan20
mac-address 0003.e429.e902
ip address 192.168.20.1 255.255.255.0
03-12-2018 03:09 PM
Problem solved! Thanks so much!
It was the same issue on my more complex network, can't believe I've been spending time banging my head trying to figure it out when it's so simple.
Really appreciate your help!
03-12-2018 03:37 PM
Hello,
with your router-on-a-stick configuration (that's what it is called when you use a trunk between a router and a switch, and subinterfaces on the router), all routing is indeed done on the router. The VLAN interfaces on the switch are not necessary, and in your case actually prevent the inter-VLAN routing.
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