The switch was a Netgear GS116Ev2. It has basic admin config but I never use them besides for update.
Yes, it most certainly is. This is a very common thing to do. Setup two ports that way, and your two VLAN 100 devices will be able to talk directly to each other over that VLAN (you shouldn't put anything else in that VLAN or do any other configuration of it).
It's probably a hardware limitation, in which case you can't use more VLAN tags simultaneously. Do you really have more than 64 VLANs?
Yes I was. With the xb6 in bridgemode the Linksys R8000 does all the routing(which is better) but the R8000 is also the AP for everything wireless in the house and now it is relegated to the basement. The savages are getting restless lol is there any hope with the current hardware to solve the problem or do I have to have another router or add a wireless AP?
That Netgear does appear to have support for VLANs, so either it was configured once upon a time, or it can optionally ignore tags, which wouldn't surprise me on a consumer or 'prosumer' switch. Enterprise switches tend to be far stricter about such things.
conf t
int e 1/1/23
port-name Freebox Server
int e 1/1/24
port-name Freebox STB
vlan 100 name TV by port
tag e 1/1/23 e 1/1/24
end
wr me
run "show default values" to see a table of how the default TCAM limits are arranged, I believe on the 6450 you'll get:
System Parameters Default Maximum Current Configured
ip-arp 1024 4096 1024 1024
ip-static-arp 256 1024 256 256
ip-cache 13212 13212 13212 13212
ip-filter-port 3068 3068 3068 3068
ip-filter-sys 2048 8192 2048 2048
l3-vlan 32 1024 32 32
ip-qos-session 128 256 128 128
mac 16384 16384 16384 16384
ip-route 12000 12000 12000 12000
ip-static-route 64 2048 64 64
---trimmed---
vlan 64 4095 64 64
---trimmed---If you assign 'dual-mode' on the port where it plugs into the Brocade, it will allow your tagged freebox player on VLAN 100 to communicate, plus the other devices which don't use tags to talk on the default untagged VLAN - assuming that the switch everything is plugged into behind the TV supports VLAN tags. If it doesn't then the switch will need to be replaced with one that does, or a network cable run just for the freebox player.
You would potentially have two DHCP servers in the same broadcast domain (VLAN 100) so devices could get the wrong subnet.
SSH@bro6450#show vlan
Total PORT-VLAN entries: 2
Maximum PORT-VLAN entries: 64
Legend: [Stk=Stack-Id, S=Slot]
PORT-VLAN 1, Name DEFAULT-VLAN, Priority level0, Spanning tree Off
Untagged Ports: (U1/M1) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Untagged Ports: (U1/M1) 13 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Untagged Ports: (U1/M2) 1 2 3 4
Tagged Ports: None
Uplink Ports: None
DualMode Ports: None
Mac-Vlan Ports: None
Monitoring: Disabled
PORT-VLAN 100, Name TV, Priority level0, Spanning tree Off
Untagged Ports: None
Tagged Ports: None
Uplink Ports: None
DualMode Ports: (U1/M1) 15 17
Mac-Vlan Ports: None
Monitoring: Disabled
SSH@bro6450#I have only one DHCP server on my network, it is on the freebox server for 192.168.1.x network. For 10.11.12.x everything is manually set.
.The freebox server goes into port 15 and the freebox player is behind a switch that goes into port 17. Both in VLAN100. The switch near the TV is a very simple one that let everything pass.
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