Sysadmin Mega Thread

_hill · October 7, 2019, 6:59pm

So networking is definitely my weakest field in IT as a sysadmin. I am currently planning the implementation of some new hardware and have some protocol questions. Below is the basic setup[image] My main reason for posting is to gather opinions… Option 1: L3 the MX84 (firewall, VPN device) and L2 the 2 switches connected then to rest of network. My concern with option 1 is… I don’t see how I could be setting up VLANs when the mx84 only has about 12 ports and I only want the 2 switches connected. Option 2: L2 the Meraki MX84, then L3 the 2 switches to easily configure VPNs and let the Meraki focus on VPN and security. Option 3: L3 ALL of the devices, and set 1 switch to statics and 1 to DHCP and seperate zones within… I feel like having L3 connected to L3 is a no no, since I have yet to see any documentation or recommendations on doing something like this. Any advice is appreciated.

Might as well loop this in see what other sysadmins think