VLAN routing using Cisco 2950 Switch and Cisco 1841 Router

Question

I am new to networking and I have recently purchased a 1950 switch and 1841 router.

What I am trying to do, is to use VLANS to segregate my network.

From whaty I have read I think I need to configure 2 VLAN's on my switch, say VLAN-1 and VLAN-2, assign switch ports to the VLAN's and then configure one of the ports on the switch to "trunk" to the router.

I think I am ok with that config.

What I am not sure is, what needs to be configured on the Router. I would like to have 2 separate networks, both with DCHP.

Is that possible, can anyone help with some example configuration?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Vlan 10 - 10.0.10.0/24

Vlan 20 - 10.0.20.0/24

CONFIGURE DHCP

This assumes first available IP is gateway and gives a simple setup. You can configure further by setting lease time, dns server, excluded addresses etc. Other configurations include setting manual bindings.

Vlan 10:

ip dhcp pool VLAN10-POOL
network 10.0.10.0 255.255.255.0
default-router 10.0.10.1
dns-server 8.8.8.8

Vlan 20:

ip dhcp pool VLAN20-POOL
network 10.0.20.0 255.255.255.0
default-router 10.0.20.1
dns-server 8.8.8.8

CONFIGURE INTER-VLAN ON ROUTER: Many examples online, simply Google "router on a stick"

We'll assume fastethernet 0/0 is the connected interface to your switch.

interface fastethernet 0/0
no ip address
duplex auto
speed auto

interface fastethenet 0/0.10
description VLAN10
encapsulation dot1q 10
ip address 10.0.10.1 255.255.255.0

interface fastethernet 0/0.20
description VLAN20
encapsulation dot1q 20
ip address 10.0.20.1 255.255.255.0