VLAN Creation

[ankit0680]

Hello,
I have 3 Environments in my Setup. 1 is a testing, second is the production, third is the environment where all my workstations, and my file server sit.
I am running out of IP's. Should I VLAN to keep traffic seperate. If so are thier any good tutorials. I am running a Cisco 2650 XM router, and All Ciscos 2900 Switches.

 

[vipergg]

Vlanning won't help your lack of ip's obviously but its a good idea to separate any kind of test environment from your regular network.

 

[ankit0680]

ok. That was one of my thoughts. How do I go about that?

 

[Ru55ell]

Do your homework. This site is certainly a good place to start. Also use cisco.com

Read up on topics such as
VTP Domains
Creating VLANS
Search cisco.com “command 2950 vlan”

I think VLANs is where you want to be. It’s going to be a lot of work.

 

[chieftan]

VLANning is the way to go.

If you create seperate subnets for each VLAN then you will create more available IP's within that subnet.

If you currently have all 3 areas on the same subnet then seperating them will create more available IP's for each group.

Remember, the VLANs will not be able to communicate with each other unless a layer 3 device is used.