VLAN Configuration

VLAN administration is always a challenging bit in my networking carrier and today's task invloves the following:

- Create 4 Different VLANS namely Voice, Data, Executive and Server

- create an access-list allowing all other vlans except Voice which is to be transported via VPN

- Create a dynamic and static Global pool for NAT translations

- test connectivity from HQ to Remote site using the translation pool of addresses.

All vlans were successfully created and were able to route icmp traffic from one to another. A challenge was met when HQ was able to ping successfully to the Remote site including it's translated address whereas Remote Site couldn't ping back.

Troubleshooting this problem using comparison and shoot from the hip method.Took quite a while to finally figure out the phase that created the drop in ICMP packets from Remote to HQ site.

After troubleshooting, one can successfully ping the translated address both ways from either site.

With MPLS Core and VLANs all functioning accordingly, the next phase of implementation is to configure Voice into the provided network.