Help with small office setup - Cisco SG350 28 port switch

Question

I have very limited knowledge in Cisco IOS but in a crucial state to setup up a small office network. I have bought 2 Cisco SG350 28 port Layer 3 switch, Switches should be enabled with VLAN and VTP.

We have few departments like HR, Admin, Dev, QA. I need to create different VLAN for each department.

Traffic flows be like

PC's -->Switches-->Loadbalancer-->Internet

or

Laptops -->WifiRouter-->Switches-->Loadbalancer-->Internet

1. What is the best VLAN scheme you suggest ?

2. I have a Wifi router {for connecting laptops} we need to ensure flexbility of usage, Irrespective of user connects via ethernet or Wifi he/she should automatically fall under appropriate subnet.

3. I have a loadbalancer which connects to Internet. All the traffic to the WAN should be forwarded to Loadbalancer, How to acheieve this ?

Any help ASAP will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

1. What is the best VLAN scheme you suggest ?

VLANs by themselves don't provide any real benefit in a small network like yours. Use one VLAN for everyone. It will make things much simpler.

2. I have a Wifi router {for connecting laptops} we need to ensure flexibility of usage, Irrespective of user connects via ethernet or Wifi he/she should automatically fall under appropriate subnet.

Again, with one VLAN/subnet, this becomes much simpler.

3. I have a loadbalancer which connects to Internet. All the traffic to the WAN should be forwarded to Loadbalancer, How to achieve this ?

(Edited) All your hosts should have the IP of the load balancer as their default gateway.