I asked this question a few days ago and got a good answer.
I have my routers, firewall, and switched connected. How can I do some tests to see if this is all actually working.
I have a console port(rj45 to db9) but not db9 to usb so I can't hook it up to my comp. I am assuming that this stuff should just work and it's just for a project so it doesn't need to actually be set up in any special way. I will be getting a db9 to usb within the next couple days.
this is my set up router -> firewall -> switch1(office comps) -> switch2(dmz)
I might change this up to something similar to other answers.
edit: the light went from orange to green at the end, where the last switch is, and I did a ipconfig /all and got this: (usually isn't this):
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 2C-27-D7-B3-DB-EB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3534:2e69:aca4:fca6%11(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.252.166(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 237774807
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-D4-66-81-2C-27-D7-B3-DB-EB
Success, or false flag?