HP Procurve 5304xl

[lbarron]

Hi,

I would like to subnet our network to move printers into their own subnet. Can this switch act as a router, if so how would I set this up?

Thanks

Lee

 

[cajuntank]

Of course... this is a L2/L3/L4 level switch. First you create another VLAN for the new subnet you want to move you printers off to. So go to a config prompt, type in vlan and a number and you can also give a name to the vlan and then upon return, so for example, you'll be in the new vlan 10 interface where you assign an ip address to the interface. You will also assign ports here as well with the untagged command. Then you'll enable ip routing so that you have inter-vlan routing.

switch(config)# vlan 10 printers
switch(vlan-10)# ip address 10.x.x.1 255.255.255.0
switch(vlan-10)# untagged A1-A10,B1-B10
switch(vlan-10)# exit
switch(config)# ip routing
switch(config)# exit
switch# wr mem

(Just be aware that this "router" now knows about your two or more subnets but your other routing devices on your network will not until you statically add the route to that devices routing table or enable a routing protocol common between your devices).

Hope I could help.

 

[lbarron]

Thanks for your reply.

I'll give it a go.

Thanks

Lee