server can't ping SVI unless switch's port is in vlan 172

[JoshGarmonCiscoCCNA]

it's amazing how the bare basics get forgotten

Switch--FA 0/22------------------FA 0--Server

Server

ip address 172.16.0.4 /17

default gateway 172.16.0.1

Switch

vlan 172

vlan 172 address 172.16.0.1 /17

int fa 0/22 switchport access vlan 172

The server can only ping 172.16.0.1 if port Fa 0/22 on Switch is in Vlan 172

Does this sound right?

Packet Tracer

[chrihussey · Accepted solution]

If I am understanding you correctly, yes, that sounds right. If you create a VLAN 172 interface that is the same network/default gateway as the server, then the server needs to be put in that VLAN.

I know it is Packet Tracer, but by default all switch ports are in VLAN 1, so if you keep the server in the default VLAN and gave the logical VLAN 1 interface the same 172.16.0.1 IP, then you wouldn't have to put the server port into VLAN 172.

Hope that helps

[Mark Malone]

yes agree so without ip routing enabled or a device doing the routing , you can only reach whats in your current broadcast domain in a switch acting as layer 2

you need a l3 enabled device to be able to ping between vlans , the server should be able to reach anything else in vlan 172 though , once as you seen you need to have the access ports in that vlan 2