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Hi, hopefully this is fairly straightforward... I need to install multiple vlans on one l3 switch and have the clients get the IP from a dhcp server. As i understand it all i need is a decent l3 switch that will allow me to set up ip helpers pointed to the dhcp server. but i have two questions...

nice one. :) ok, we're settled on the switches, woohoo! right, lets talk routers.hopefully what i said above is clear enough on requirements. i would really prefer to use cisco for this if i can, they seem to be the std in this field. any thoughts? also Vince, i appreciate you're not local any...

ah such a confusing world. so just to be clear, the one you're recommending is 1* HP ProCurve Switch 5412zl Intelligent Edge (J8698A) 4 * HP ProCurve Switch 5406zl-48G Intelligent Edge (J8699A) is that right? ie you buy a chassis and then put the switches in it? sorry for being so specific...

ok thats very useful. frankly i'm wondering if i need to use acls or not. all i care about is no easy access between vlans/subnets. there's no broadcast traffic across the vlans and 98% of users aren't going to know about pinging across subnets etc, so not sure its a big issue. that said, lets...

well looking for example at the pro curve 2810 it says Stacking capability: single IP address management for a virtual stack of up to 16 switches so that should do the job right? i have no real preference between hp/nortel etc other than cost and availability. from what i've seen it doesnt...

yeah i can see that. i seriously doubt i can justify 12k's worth of switches though. have you got any thoughts on the nortel 470 series? they can be picked up from around 2k from what i can see. incidentally if you are london (or local) based and looking for some consultancy work....

thanks for this, v useful :) Is it me or are they all really expensive? just looked at a price for a Nortel and £3.5k for one 48 port switch?? or am i going mad and thats a reasonable price? hope everyone is having a nice new year :)

ok thats some top info :) i would tell you what model switches but at this point i dont know. i'll have to recommened models shortly. thats why i asked about the small business ones because they seem a lot cheaper... let me give you a better idea of what i'm trying to do. basically the site is...

all the cat5 runs back to the computer room so i was planning on having all the switches there, daisy chained with a trunk connection to the router. presume that makes sense? anyone got any thoughts on whether i should assign each vlan its own subnet? there is no need to router between subnets...

Hi, have worked in IT for 20 years but never really had to deal with Cisco routers before, all my work has been in small business environments, fairly simplistic really. Now i have a problem. Just looking for some overview answers at this point, any advice would me much appreciated. I need to...