OK so playing around I went into the VLAN I created and changed the interface in it from E4 to bridge and it worked. I don’t don’t know how much but the PC I had plugged into E4 got the correct IP address.
However I am going to go back and remove some of the stuff I did and do it via the bridge interface as you say. Let’s see what happens there. I assume that I leave the DHCP server I set up for the VLAN and the address blocks?
I guess part of the confusion of trunk vs access ports is that all of the tutorials I see/read seem to deal with separate router and a managed switch. So the show the settings for trunk/access ports on each device. The hex is a router with a built-in switch so I’m confused as to whether I still have to contend with such settings.
Another thing that makes it a bit confusing is that I don’t see the word “trunk” or “access” anywhere. There appears to be no setting or drop down box that says “port role =” and then you can choose between trunk or access. What I do see is some places where it says tagged or untagged and I’m starting to think that that is it.
But first let me go change things the way you say and see what happens there. Then, as you say, we’ll move on to the port designations.