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XG Firewall 135 Networking / Routing question

Dear all experts, 

Not sure whether am i in the correct place to ask this question.

As below diagram, i have a layer 2 Switch (Switch A) connected to the XG 135 firewall. 

My boss has got another layer 2 Switch (Switch B), he intended to create a VLAN on switch B, which will be connected to all the cameras.  

So my question is:

1. On switch A, i should be only be configuring = trunking mode 1 of the port that will be connected to switch B right? 

2. The VLAN should be configure on Switch B but not Switch A? if Yes, should the gateway of switch B point to switch A or the FW? my guess will be FW, as switch A is only a L2 switch? 

3. If i will going to allow only certain PC's IP or Mac address  connecting to switch A to route to switch B network, to view the cameras, i guess it should be done on the firewall? 

Sorry for my basic question, as my network knowledge is quite limited. 

Thanks. 



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  • You must define, whether you go with a bridge on XG, which means, you can forward the VLAN to other ports, or you go with layer 3 routing and define the VLAN on Port 1 and another VLAN on Port 2. 

    XG can only reuse the same vlan(Subnet) if using a bridge. 

  • Hi,

    The switch doesn't have any routing capabilities, is a Layer 2 switch, so the only method i only is using XG 135 to create the bridge. 

    will it have any complication to existing network if we are going to do this? 

    Before going into the routing issue, any advise on the below 2 question?

    1. On switch A, i should be only be configuring = trunking mode 1 of the port that will be connected to switch B right? 

    2. The VLAN should be configure on Switch B but not Switch A? if Yes, should the gateway of switch B point to itself or the FW? my guess will be FW, as switch A is only a L2 switch? 

    Thanks

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  • Hi,

    The switch doesn't have any routing capabilities, is a Layer 2 switch, so the only method i only is using XG 135 to create the bridge. 

    will it have any complication to existing network if we are going to do this? 

    Before going into the routing issue, any advise on the below 2 question?

    1. On switch A, i should be only be configuring = trunking mode 1 of the port that will be connected to switch B right? 

    2. The VLAN should be configure on Switch B but not Switch A? if Yes, should the gateway of switch B point to itself or the FW? my guess will be FW, as switch A is only a L2 switch? 

    Thanks

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