Inter VLAN Routing
By default, different VLANs can’t communicate with each other, a technique through which different VLANs can communicate with each other is known as inter VLAN routing.
There are two methods for inter VLAN routing:
- Router on a stick.
- SVI (switched virtual interface).
- Router on a stick: In this method, you need a router (layer 3 device) with a layer 2 switch. If you need inter VLAN routing for 20 different VLANs, than you need 20 interfaces on router for default gateway. To solve this problem, there is a facility provided by Cisco, that you can divide one physical interface of router into many logical subinterfaces.
Steps for inter VLAN routing through Router on a stick method:
- Divide a physical interface into logical subinterfaces
- Plan ip addresses
- Configure VLANs over switch
- Configure trunk over switch
- Configure trunk over router
- Verify inter VLAN routing
