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VLAN Configuration USING MS DHCP Server

Shahzaib Khan
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Dear Experts,

I am very biggener to Cisco World. I am going to creat VLANs very 1st time therefore for test purpose I have following simple scnerio.

I have created 2 VLANs , VLAN2 and VLAN3 on Cisco Catalyst 2960 series switch. Ports 1-12 is assigned to VLAN2 and Ports 13-24

are assiged to VLAN3. Now I have configured DHCP on Microsoft Server 2003 defining 2 scopes with following configurations.

Scope 1 for VLAN 2--- Range is 172.16.0.17 to 172.16.0.30   with subnet mask=255.255.255.240 . Server IP address 172.16.0.17

( Note: Address 172.16.0.17 is excluded from dhcp server Scope 1 and give to the MS server itself)

Scope 2 for VLAN 3----Range is  172.16.0.33 to 172.16.0.46 with subnet mask=255.255.255.240 .

Now in Cisco 2960 series switches, under Vlan 2 and Vlan 3, I have following configurations...

interface Vlan2

ip address 172.16.0.30 255.255.255.240

ip helper-address 172.16.0.17

interface Vlan3

ip address 172.16.0.46 255.255.255.240

ip helper-address 172.16.0.17

Now the problem is when i connect a client computer to any port from 1-12, It gets correct IP address from Scope 1 but when I connect a computer to any port from 13-24, it does not get the ip address. Can anyone help me in this regard please.

Further I want to do inter VLAN comunication as well for that purpose i Have an  ISR 2900 series router. What further configuration i will have to do on router for inter vlan communication. Please help me out...

Regards

Shahzaib Khan

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It's not possible. For inter-VLAN communication and having multiple VLAN interfaces, you'll need a Layer 3 switch or a router.

You should create a VLAN trunk between the 2960 and the ISR, create the subinterfaces on the router, and also configure the IP helper there.

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Andras Dosztal
Level 3
Level 3

You can't have more then 1 VLAN interface in up on a 2960, once you enable one, the previously enabled will be shut down. You'll need an L3 switch like the 3560, or use the 2900 router for DHCP Relay functions as well.


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@ Andras Dosztal

So do you mean that According to my snerio, VLAN comunication is not pissible in Layer 2 Cisco Switches??

It's not possible. For inter-VLAN communication and having multiple VLAN interfaces, you'll need a Layer 3 switch or a router.

You should create a VLAN trunk between the 2960 and the ISR, create the subinterfaces on the router, and also configure the IP helper there.

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