Would this work with a managed switch

[svbooga]

Hi All

I havent ever been exposed to a network that required anything more than dumb switches before, but a project has come up and i am wondering if a managed switch supporting VLANS would do the job.
Currently we have space in a datacentre with a firebox firewall and seperate switches for the DMZ and trusted networks. Routing between the two is done through firewall rules. The firebox has seperate IPs for each interfaceand is the default gateway for each network.
We are going to host a customers system in the datacentre and are going to setup one of the additional firebox interfaces with a seperate network that doesnt talk to the existing DMZ and trusted interface. I was going to get another switch for this, but is this something that switch with VLANS for each network would be able to do. Say a 24-port switch with 3 VLANS of 8 ports each, with the firebox connected to each of the VLANS through its seperate interfaces. If this isnt the clearest let me know and i'll get a diagram of what i am talking about posted . if it is a valid config then any suggestions of a suitable gigabit switch.

Thanks
Neil

 

[svbooga]

Thanks for the information vertigo and jetsetwilly, thats the answer i wanted . I didnt want to have to put three switches in so knowing each vlan will be seen as its own switch is just the ticket. Leaves more room for the servers. Thanks again!

 

[svbooga]

thanks for the headsup!