Vlan Problem

[Matt Hobbs · Accepted solution]

The 2600 has basic routing functionality and it's performance may start to suffer when routing is enabled (depending on how many hosts are being routed).

Usually for 100 machines in a VLAN this would not be a problem unless there is an extreme amount of broadcast/multicast traffic which is unlikely.

For the access control requirements that you have in mind, this would be best met with Access Control Lists on your router - which the 2600 does not support.

I would recommend you get a 5400/3500 if possible and let that handle all of your internal routing and ACL's. You may also be able to get away with the 5300 but its ACL's are not as full featured.

Security wise, what you are trying to do at the moment with the 2600's is impossible.