Two fibre internet connections to a single switch

[john.chiverton]

Probably been asked a thousand times, but I cannot find a precise answer.

I have two BT fibre connections to an office. One for the PC network and one for our VOIP phone system. I have a single HP ProCurve 24 port switch. Can I have PC LAN on one subnet, and VOIP system on another, put them both into the switch and have one subnet to each of the fibre connections? I don't want to combine the two internet connections - they are intended to remain separate.

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[EchohcE]

I see no reason why you can't separate the fiber connections onto different subnets, provided your switch supports it.

 

[john.chiverton]

Ideal, and thanks for responding so quickly! Assuming HP have the info available I'll have a dig through it tomorrow.

Thanks again!

 

[EchohcE]

I'm a Networking major, so all this is fresh in my mind lol

 

[holyprof]

Short answer: if the switch is managed - yes, if it is a simple non-managed switch - no.

 

[bill001g]

Assuming you have routers on each fiber connection the procurve will allow you run 2 different vlans in effect making it appear as 2 different switches.
There are so many models of 24 port procurve but all support vlans.

The main function a switch does not support is NAT which is why you must have a router between the switch and the internet connection.