Connecting to switches across various VLANs
Connecting to switches across various VLANs
I have been hunting around forums for weeks trying to find a solution to my problem but have been unable to find one. I am currently enrolled at a college and work in the IT department. The problem I am having is that I want to access the staff vlan from my room for work purposes, but also want to be able to switch back to the student vlan so that I can play Minecraft over lan with other students. There is only one physical port going from the switch in the dorm to my room. Currently I have to go to a computer that's on the staff vlan in order to telnet over to the switch that manages my room in order to switch back and forth between vlans. My question is this: is there any way that I can access the switch directly from my room even when I am on the student vlan so that I can easily switch back to staff?
Relies on the security settings of the switch and the network. You could simply add the switch's IP in your routing table and reach it via your gateway, but likely your gateway has ACLs preventing access. Another option is to switch the port from access to trunk and then use a managed switch that directs student traffic to a separate VLAN and another device to another one. If you only have one device, configure one port on your personal switch as an access port for the student network and another as part of the staff network, connecting to the desired switch at any time. I’m not liable if you face consequences or worse. =D
Instead of modifying the port directly, you can configure the VLAN through the NIC settings. When you need to switch between VLANs, simply update the VLAN in the settings. For more control, open the properties of your network card (click "Configure" if using an adapter) and navigate to Advanced, then scroll to VLAN and assign it. Alternatively, connect to a desktop that has access to the VLAN via RDP or TeamViewer.