One subnet per VLAN wich independent DHCP zone

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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Hello, I’m managing a LAN where there are currently about 200 active devices (could be more than 256 soon), all on the same LAN distributed on 23 level-2 switchs (NetGear GS724T). Router functions are running on pfSense (DHCP, routing, traffic shapping with the gateway…). NetGears’ GS724T switchs could handle level-2 VLAN (not actived yet). I’m very new to RouterOS.

For security reasons and easier management, I’d like to divide the LAN to several VLANs. With RouterOS, could I have several VLANs (there will be about 40 VLANs) with one subnet per VLAN, and running one DHCP server on RouterOS which will provide independent DHCP on each subnet? I have read elsewhere that RouterOS handle inter-VLAN per default.

Thanks for your help.

Vincent Florin - HeapSys (France)

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On RouterOS the VLANs present virtual interfaces on the router to which you would attach IPs and a DHCP server associated with the relevant IP Pool for that VLAN.

So, you can achieve certainly use RouterOS with VLANs, but there will be a different DHCP instance for each VLAN.