Is it possible to assign a VLAN tag to a Software Switch?

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I' m facing with a complex configuration mixing LAN and Wireless network which have to be merged with Software Switches. As I have not a lot of network interfaces on the Fortinet, I would like to configure 802.1Q VLAN on the Software Switches resultant interfaces. Is it possible or not ? Someone has already done this ? Thanks in advance for your answers.

ede_pfau

SuperUser

hello, and welcome to the forums. You cannot assign a VLAN ID to a switch interface, same as you cannot assign a VLAN ID to a physical interface. But you can create VLAN interfaces on a switch interface. These are the commands in CLI:

 conf sys switch  edit ' myLAN'              # to create a soft-switch interface; type == ' switch'   set vdom root  ...  end  conf sys interface  edit ' myLAN'              # to configure the physical port properties if needed  set ip x.x.x.x/yy  ...  next  edit ' myLAN_VLAN33'       # create a VLAN interface on a switch-port  set interface ' myLAN'     # needed  set vlanid 33            # needed  set ip 192.168.33.1/24   # needed  set vdom root            # needed  ...

But can your WLAN handle the VLAN tags?

Pierre_SAUCOURTAuthor

New Member

Thank You, Ede for your reply. Did you try this configuration on a Soft Switch? Is it working? Many thanks. Pierre

ede_pfau

SuperUser

yes and no. I' ve configured a soft switch consisting of one physical port only as I didn' t want to rip up my config too much. I could create a VLAN interface on that with no problems. But that should be easy for you to set up and test.

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