TSW202 and network interface configuration

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Hello,

I’m not sure how to properly configure network interfaces on my TSW202 switch so I thought I’d ask here to get some guidance.

I would like to use TSW202 in home network that has 3 vlans with vlan ids 10, 20 and 30. Each VLAN has its own subnet. The inter-vlan routing will be performed by the router. TSW202 will be connected directly to that router through a trunk port.

I find it pretty easy to create three new vlans and assigned ports to them as needed using a web GUI. In my particular configuration, port 1 will stay in default vlan 1 and will be configured as access port and all the other ports will be assigned to the newly added vlans either as trunk ports or as access port.

What I don’t understand is whether or not I need to create a network interface for each new vlan added. I don’t need switch to perform inter-vlan routing or any other L3 service. However, I would like the configuration interface to be reachable on default vlan 1 (with the static IP address 192.168.1.2/24) as well as vlan 10 (with the static IP address 192.168.10.2/24).

Network interface for default vlan is created by default. I should probably create an interface for vlan 10 and assign the static IP address to it. But should I also create network interfaces for the remaining two vlans? Will the switch work properly if I don’t do that?

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Hello,

In this type of configuration, where inter-VLAN routing is handled by your router, you generally don’t need to create network interfaces on the TSW202 for each VLAN unless you specifically want the switch’s management interface to be reachable within those VLANs.

In your scenario, assuming all tagged VLANs (10, 20, 30) along with their respective DHCP servers or static configurations are created and managed on the router, you would only need to configure VLAN instances for the required ports on the TSW202 and define how those ports handle tagged and untagged traffic (trunk or access).

For more detailed guidance, you might find this discussion helpful as it covers a similar use case: RUT241 + TSW212 VLAN not working

Feel free to reach out if any further questions come up or if you need assistance with configuration.

Best regards,

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