Netgear GS7xxTR Installation Manual

GS7xxTR – Configuring static routing

Key Need:

- Efficient bandwidth management and greater network control - Inter-VLAN routing currently

handled by Router

- VLAN traffic can be off-loaded from Router to GS7xxTR for high performance and bandwidth

efficiency

Figure 1 - Current SMB Networks Suffer Bottlenecks at Core

Figure 1 represent a typical mid-size organization with multiple VLANs routed through a single router. It
can lead to a bottle network at the router and cause performance issues.

Figure 2 - GS724TR and GS748TR Provide Scalable Solution

In figure 2, two GS7xxTR are use to handle inter-VLAN routing. It provides more efficient bandwidth
utilization by freeing up the main router to handle security and routing for WAN. The GS7xxTR also
provides advanced features for LAN security and QoS.

Example:

Figure 3 - Example network

1. Three departments: Engineering, Finance and Human Resources are in the same switch, but in

different subnets

2. Server Farm (various servers) are connected to another switch with a different subnet

3. Each department needs to be able to communicate with each other, as well as the server farm

How to configure switch#1?

1. Create 2 routable VLAN interfaces – VLAN 10 and VLAN 20

2. Add IP to each VLAN interface:

• VLAN 10: 192.168.10.254/24

• VLAN 20: 192.168.20.253/24

3. Add port members to each VLAN

Figure 4 - Example: Creating routable VLAN 10