Inter VLAN Routing – Layer 3 Switch Over Routed Ports with Trunk Link

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Gentleman,

Please let me know if is scenario on picture possible. I don't know how to configure layer 3 switch over routed ports with trunk link which is connected to layer 2 switch.

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Best Answer

In your sheme you need 3 trunk links (if there is only one physical connection between these switches):

  • switch 1 to switch 0
  • switch 0 to switch 2
  • switch 2 to L3SW

The routing between these subnets will be handled by the L3 switch. so if pc 0 wants to ping to pc 1:

PC0 > (gets it on his vlan 1 port) switch 1 (trunk) > switch 0 (trunk) > switch 2 (trunk) > L3SW (vlan1 > vlan2) (sends it out of its trunk port) > switch 2 (trunk) > switch 0 (trunk) > switch 1 (vlan2) > pc1