Hi @ecovalence 

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Please kindly read the community guides and check out what we have on the forum:

You should read what is written in the note part. That explains the situation like yours.

Hi @ecovalence 

Thanks for posting in our business forum.

ecovalence wrote

  @Clive_A 

 

I read those things.  I guess I should have paid closer attention to the red text:
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If your model is NOT a TP-Link Omada or Safestream router, you may also follow the guide above. But make sure it has multi-net NAT function or you will NOT be able to achieve multiple networks with Internet access.

Internet access replies on the multi-net NAT.

Static Routing, DHCP, and 802.1Q VLAN do NOT provide the Internet.

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In layman's terms; the TL-SX3008F is mostly designed to work only with Omada or Safestream routers.  Most of the features and functions are dependent on multi-net NAT capability of the upstream router.

 

It just seems mind boggling to me that with all the tech built into this gear, why wouldn't they include a configurable WAN port and multi-net NAT?  

Looking at the compatible routers, the only one that doesn't create a massive bottleneck on a 10Gbe network is the ER8411, and just barely at that (8 of the 1Gbe LAN ports are useless).  I hesitate to buy this because I have two separate 5Gbe synchronous fiber connections to the internet, and this will only handle one.

 

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I bought this gear for the 10GBe ports and DHCP with TFTP options.  I was hoping someone here would be familiar with the BGW320 and know a way around buying another router, perhaps with IP Passthrough and/or buying static IPs for the Public Subnets options on the BGW320.  This would probably require the SX3008F to facilitate Inter-VLAN Routing, which I can't find any information on.

 

Any help here is much appreciated.

 

 

Correct about this highlighted part.

That ER8411 is indeed the 10Gb router we have. So far I haven't heard any news about a new model yet. If you have two lines, that indeed does not work with this router. 

Even if there is LAG, that is not layer 4 LAG and we cannot add up the speed to meet the speed of 10Gbps.

The easiest way would be for you to get a device that can do both multi-net NAT as well as having at least 3 SFP+ ports.

There isn't anything else you should do with the 3008F but a static routing and a DHCP on it. In the FAQ I listed in note, 887, you should follow the steps on configuring the switch.

As for the router, it depends on what router you have. Multi-nets NAT should be configured properly to get the network to have Internet access.