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=Overview=
The FireBrick 2500/2700 have 4 ethernet ports, the 2900 has 4 plus an SFP which can be used with a Copper of fibre SFP to give an additional port. Typically one port will be for the LAN connection (for example - to the main office switch), and the rest for connections to the ADSL/FTTC modems.
As there are 4 ports are we restricted to only bonding up to 3 ADSL/FTTC lines? No.
▲To overcome the physical port restriction a VLAN switch can be used, eg:
<pre>
ADSL MODEM 1 --
ADSL MODEM 2 --
ADSL MODEM 3 -- VLAN Switch -- Firebrick -- LAN SWITCH == Computers
ADSL MODEM 4 --
</pre>
The switch would be set up for 4 (or more) separate VLANs on the appropriate ports, and on the FireBrick, the <ppp .../> config would have VLAN="n".
=VLAN Switch Config=
Instructions on using a ZyXEL GS1900-8 switch: [[ZyXEL GS1900-8]]
Below are some notes on setting up a HP ProCurve 1810G-8:
The HP ProCurve 1810G-8 (J9449A) is a nice little 8 port managed switch. No fans and similar in size to a FireBrick.
==Overview==
The FireBrick will have a single WAN port, which will plug in to the HP Switch. The ADSL/FTTC modems will plug in to the HP Switch too.
This will then, with VLANs, enable the FireBrick to use up to 7 ADSL/FTTC modems.
*Default IP is "192.168.2.10"
*Default username: admin
*Default password: 1234
==Save Config==
To make things a little easier, here is a saved config: [[File:FBVLANconfig1810G.bin.zip]]. It is the default config (default IP and password), but with VLANs as follows:
*Port 1 - VLAN 101, for ADSL line 1
*Port 2 - VLAN 102, for ADSL line 2
*Port 3 - VLAN 103, for ADSL line 3
*Port 4 - VLAN 104, for ADSL line 4
*Port 8 is for the FireBrick
The config was from HP ProCurve 1810G - 8 GE, P.1.17, eCos-2.0, Software Version, P.1.17
However it only takes a few minutes to set up the VLANs manually as follows:
==Basic Settings==
*Set your computer to an IP in the same subnet as the switch, e.g. 192.168.2.11
*Plug computer in to a port, e.g. port 7
*Log in to http://192.168.2.10 with a blank password
*Maybe set the system description details
*Set admin password (Maintenance - Password Manager) then save and re-login
*Enable HTTPS (Security - Secure Connection) generate certificate and apply
==Create VLANs==
We will set ports 1-4 to be VLANs 101, 102, 103, 104. We'll use port 8 for plugging in to the FireBrick, and use port 7 for our admin.
*Create 4 VLANs (VLANS - VLAN Configuration)
*Set the names to be ADSL1, ADSL2, ADSL3, ADSL4 - this will match the login/line numbers of the ADSL/FTTC lines
[[File:1810G-8-VLANSList.png|border]]
==Configure ports for VLAN tagging==
*Under VLANs - Participation Tagging:
**set VLAN 101 to be U on port 1 and T on port 8. E on rest
**set VLAN 102 to be U on port 2 and T on port 8. E on rest
**set VLAN 103 to be U on port 3 and T on port 8. E on rest
**set VLAN 104 to be U on port 4 and T on port 8. E on rest
**set VLAN 1 to be E on port 1, 2, 3, 4 and U on port 5, 6, 7, 8
[[File:1810G-8-VLAN101.png|border|500px]]
[[File:1810G-8-VLAN1.png|border|500px]]
On some switches you may need to set the PVID accordingly - ie Port 1 = PVID 101, Port 2 = PVID 102 etc... This was needed on a PoE variant of a switch, but not on the non-PoE variant.
*SAVE CONFIG - otherwise you will learn the hard way
==IP Address==
In order to access the Switch, we'll need to setup an interface on the FireBrick with a subnet in the same range as the switch. We can use the default 192.168.2.0/24, and this will be accessible from the LAN side.
Alternately, we can use a public /30. This will involve a new /30 allocation on Clueless, routed to all the ADSL/FTTC lines, and on the FireBrick a subnet on the WAN interface.
Set the gateway to the FireBrick, then the switch can access things like time server, syslog server etc...
[[Category:FireBrick|Bonding]]
[[Category:Bonding Configuration]]
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