Enable External DHCP on Omada

Friday, February 11, 2022 10:49 AM

Assumptions
1. Multiple VLANs
2. Multiple Omada Switches
3. Omada Router
4. Omada AP (not talked about in this)
5. Omada Controller, Software or Hardware based
6. Omada 5.0.30
7. All Omada hardware will have its management IP on VLAN 1
8. DHCP and DNS set up on server. In this case, Windows 2016 Domain Controllers
a. 10.10.100.10
b. 10.10.100.11

VLANs
1 Management 10.10.1.0
10 Office 10.10.10.0
20 Media 10.10.20.0
100 Servers 10.10.100.0

1. Set up VLANs in Omada

Name Media
Purpose Interface
LAN Interfaces Select All of them
VLAN 10
Domain Name Yourdomain.com
Gateway/Subnet 10.10.10.1/24
IGMP Snooping Unchecked
DHCP Server Unchecked
Legal DHCP Servers 10.10.100.10, 10.10.100.11
Configure IPV6 None

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 2. Do the same for the other VLANs.
3. For VLAN 1, Configure DHCP

Name Adm_Vlan (Management)

Purpose Interface
LAN Interfaces Select All of them
VLAN 10
Domain Name Yourdomain.com
Gateway/Subnet 10.10.1.1/24
IGMP Snooping Unchecked
DHCP Server Checked
DHCP Range 10.10.1.50 - 10.10.1.100
DNS Server Manual - 10.10.100.10/10.10.100.11
Lease time 720
Default Gateway Manual - 192.168.1.1
DHCP Omada Controller Blank
Legal DHCP Servers Unchecked
Configure IPV6 None

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4. Profiles are created automatically when VLANs are created

5. Switch Config
a. Each switch should have an uplink to the router. Choose the same port on each switch.
b. Each switch will have a management IP on VLAN 1
c. Use the "ALL" profile for the Uplink port.
d. Assign the Other VLAN profiles to the rest of the ports as needed to support attached
devices

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6. Config-->VLAN Interface
a. Turn on all interfaces

This function is what allows DHCP to flow from your DHCP servers down to the ports on your
switches.

7. Edit each VLAN Interface

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7. Edit each VLAN Interface

ADM_LAN - Management Network

Management VLAN Checked
IP Address Mode Static
IP Address 10.10.1.10
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default GW 10.10.1.1
Primary DNS 10.10.100.10
Secondary DNS 10.10.100.11
DHCP Relay Checked
Server Address 10.10.100.10

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Remaining VLANS
Management VLAN Unchecked
IP Address Mode Static
IP Address 10.10.1.2
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
DHCP Relay Checked
Server Address 10.10.100.10

Note the IP Address. This will be the IP for the appropriate VLAN.
Note the last octet. This will be the same for each Interface on each switch
Each VLAN ends up with an IP on the switch for that VLAN.

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Here is a sample for 3 switches:
Switch VLAN VLAN Interface IP
Office 1 192.168.1.10 - admin IP
Office 10 192.168.10.3
Office 20 192.168.20.3
Office 100 192.168.100.3
Media 1 192.168.1.11 - admin IP
Media 10 192.168.10.2
Media 20 192.168.20.2
Media 100 192.168.100.2
Servers 1 192.168.1.12 - admin IP
Servers 10 192.168.10.4
Servers 20 192.168.20.4
Servers 100 192.168.100.4

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