3Com 4500 Web/SNMP access from different networks

[vonkobal]

Hi,



I have a 3Com 4500 switch with a single VLAN, all ports are dedicated to this VLAN. I’ve set up the

management IP address to 192.168.0.3/255.255.255.0. All devices, connected directly to this switch, are in the range of 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 and I can manage this switch without problems via the WEB interface from any device, directly connected to this switch in 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 network.



However, I also have a router connected to switch and this router has a VPN connection to antoher location. This location has another network of 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0:



192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 ---- router/VPN --- INTERNET --- router/VPN --- 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0



I’ve set proper NATing/routing on the router and devices from the first network and vice versa have full access, accessible and working with no problems.



However, the problem is, that this switch (192.168.0.3/255.255.255.0) is NOT accessible from the 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0 network (all other devices are). I’ve tried to set ACLs but this doesn’t seem to be the problem. Do I really have to put manual Static Routes on this switch, to be accessible from the 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0 network? Or is there any other configuration setting to allow this?



Thanks for help!



Kind regards, Marko.

 

[cyberspace]

Yes, the switch needs a default gateway to allow management from other networks.

You can do this with ip route-static 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 <next hop ip>

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