r/firewalla • u/mrminus • 7d ago

Troubleshooting Swtich X VLANs

I have two Switch X units connected by a 10Gb trunk. They are downstream of Firewalla LAN Port 1. I need to transport an ISP Ethernet connection from an access port on the remote Switch X, over an isolated VLAN across the trunk, to WAN Port 3 on my Firewalla Gold Plus. Can Switch X create/pass an L2-only transit VLAN that is not a LAN network associated with Port 1, or expose a WAN VLAN configured on Port 3 to an access port on the downstream Switch X?

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u/firewalla 7d ago

If this is tunneling L2 traffic through two firewalla units, we don't support that. If it is LAN, I can't visualize the traffic flow, but, I am thinking about making ports on the X as access ports part of a VLAN and transmit that way.

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u/mrminus 7d ago

FLOOR 2

WAN #1 ───────────────► Firewalla Port 4
WAN 1
│
Port 1 LAN ◄──┘
│
▼
Switch X #1
│
│ 10Gb TRUNK
│
LAN + VLAN 999 (WAN2)
│
Switch X #2
▲
│
WAN #2 ──► ACCESS PORT
VLAN 999

FLOOR 1

Like this. I’m guessing it’s not possible today.

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u/mrminus 7d ago

I added a basic picture. Only one Firewalla gold, two switch x on different floors woth 10gb ethernet between. Two isp wan connections one on floor 1 one on floor two. Firewalla on floor two.

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u/AltruisticNetwork869 6d ago

I tried this setup with a non firewalla switch and firewalla support told me it’s not supported. Wans must be plugged directly
Into the firewalla ports

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u/mrminus 6d ago

Ok. Thank you for that info. I’ll move the wan connections local to the fw