Thank you very much.  Ok, does this make sense for what I will enter from start to finish?  What I want to do is configure only a couple of ports right now for this set up and then I will want to make changes so that all the ports will work the same.  This example is to work with only a couple of ports. =========START=========================== enableconfigurevlan databasevlan 10vlan 20exit configureinterface ethernet 1/g1switchport model generalswitchport general allowed vlan add 10switchport general pvid 10exit configureinterface ethernet 1/g2switchport model generalswitchport general allowed vlan add 20switchport general pvid 20exit configureinterface vlan 10ip address 192.168.67.18 255.255.255.0 #the IP address cannot be 192.168.67.1 because our firewall already has that addressroutingexit configureinterface vlan 20ip address 192.168.68.2 255.255.254.0 #again the address cannot be 192.168.68.1 because it is reservedroutingexit ip routing =========END============== We are planning to have all production servers/printers/etc use the 192.168.67.x subnet as that is what they are using right now.  DHCP will only be in charge of releasing addresses from the 192.168.68.x subnet.  Do we still need to add the "ip helper-address" command? We are unsure of what the "switchport general pvid X" command is, can you please explain it to us? The commands above that assign the PVID are from the example given by Dell's configuration guide.  Are those commands required?  If not, what do we need to enter to simply set up a couple of ports, one for each VLAN? Thanks very much!Christian
Hi there, I have read another post that is similar to my post but I need to ensure I get the answers I am looking for. We currently have a subnet that is running out of IPs and we need to configure the 6248 switch to allow us to have the current subnet for servers and a new subnet for DHCP.  I understand that we need two VLANs to do this but I'd like to get a step by step example on exactly what we need to do.  The 6248 switch doesn't have any VLANs currently set up.  Can someone please help me?  I need to get this done ASAP. Current subnet: 192.168.67.x New DHCP subnet 192.168.68.x Current subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Additional questions: - How do we configure all the ports to work for either subnet? - There is an example of VLAN routing on the 6248 configuration file but it also talks about PVID, do we need to worry about PVID? Please ask any additional questions if needed. Thanks!Christian
Routing of two VLANs using a PowerConnect 6248 Switch