Can I manage VLAN without using a managed switch?

[wagabae]

Hi,

Just need others' opinions and expertise.
I am provisioning a new Proxmox Clustered data center

My current network design.
My modem from ISP Provider was set up from a passthrough mode

I am using TP LInk ER605 as my firewall Router
TP-Link has its Public IP as WAN.

from my TP-Link, it is connected to a gigabit switch

from a gigabit switch every 2 nodes connected to a physical server that has 2 network cards.
Each Proxmox configured has its only LAN IP Address, I was thinking of assigning a WAN IP address instead.

Please see the network diagram below.


My goal here is that I might be able to manage the VLAN from the TP-Link router and assign it to Proxmox clustered nodes.
and also able to assign public IP addresses in every VM and Container that I provision.

Any inputs would be greatly appreciated

Thank you in advance

 

[frankz]

Hi,

Just need others' opinions and expertise.
I am provisioning a new Proxmox Clustered data center

My current network design.
My modem from ISP Provider was set up from a passthrough mode

I am using TP LInk ER605 as my firewall Router
TP-Link has its Public IP as WAN.

from my TP-Link, it is connected to a gigabit switch

from a gigabit switch every 2 nodes connected to a physical server that has 2 network cards.
Each Proxmox configured has its only LAN IP Address, I was thinking of assigning a WAN IP address instead.

Please see the network diagram below.


My goal here is that I might be able to manage the VLAN from the TP-Link router and assign it to Proxmox clustered nodes.
and also able to assign public IP addresses in every VM and Container that I provision.

Any inputs would be greatly appreciated

Thank you in advance

Hi, I used node vlanware by inserting the vlan templates e.g. 100 on vmbr0 and on my pfsense configured as VM I installed a vlan with the same tag. I think, but I'm not sure that only on a nic where you configure vlan e.g. node1 vm1 vlan tag 100 on the nic wan where on the router you have to set vlan 100. as written before it only works on the node where you configure it, it does not route the vlan. You can try, I think it doesn't cost you anything than that.

 

[Dunuin]

Also keep in mind that it is recommended to have a dedicated NIC/switch for corosync traffic between the nodes.