Hello,

I am wondering if I need to buy a switch which is managed (VLAN support) for my configuration, or will a cheaper unmanaged switch work?

I have servers with two NICS each. The first NIC is public and the second NIC is private. The router will plug into the switch port 1 let's say (public). Then server 1 public plugs into port 2 on the switch, and sever 1 private plugs into port 3 on the switch. The public interface is: 192.168.X.X / 255.255.0.0 and the private interface is 10.0.X.X / 255.255.0.0.

So looks like:

 ** SWITCH **
 Port           Device                Network  
 1              Router/Firewall       192.168.X.X
 2              Server 1 Public       192.168.X.X
 3              Server 1 Private      10.0.X.X
 4              Server 2 Public       192.168.X.X
 5              Server 2 Private      10.0.X.X
 6              Server 3 Public       192.168.X.X
 7              Server 3 Private      10.0.X.X

Thanks.