Vijay,
All you need is a default gateway on the router that points to the internet.
When an Internet destined packet from a workstation on a VLAN hits the
switch it gets dumped off on the router or MSFC since it doesn't have a
destination MAC address of a device on that VLAN. The router takes a look at
the IP and sees if it has a route. If it doesn't recognize the destination
network then it dumps it out the default gateway. Any return traffic will
have a destination IP and MAC address that the router and switch will
recognize.
Hope this helps.
Karen
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On 6/21/2001 at 10:27 AM Vijay Ramcharan wrote:
>Could someone enlighten me on some of the best practices for directing
>traffic destined for the Internet from a VLAN based environment?
>I mean, is it best to create a separate VLAN and direct all unknown
>traffic out through that VLAN and then out to the Internet?
>OR
>Do you just choose one preexisting VLAN and have that one connected to
>your Internet router?
>
>I'm a bit confused. (lot confused?)
>
>Vijay Ramcharan
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