Cisco - Moving packets between VLANs

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I am presenting in this post a CCNA level problem, which I hope most of you will not have any issues solving:

Given a Switch with the following configuration and a Server connected to port Gi0/1 of the Switch, what can be done so that a ping from the Server (which is configured with an IP address of 192.168.0.100/24) to the Vlan101 interface on the Switch can be successful, taking into account the following restrictions:

• the Server cannot be moved to port Gi0/0;
• changing the configuration of the Switch is not allowed;
• we are not allowed to add any additional active devices like other switches and/or routers.

...
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 switchport access vlan 101
 switchport mode access
 negotiation auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 switchport access vlan 102
 switchport mode access
 negotiation auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
 switchport access vlan 102
 switchport mode access
 negotiation auto
!
...
!
interface Vlan101
 ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0
!
...

It looks obvious to most of us that the server is physically connected to the wrong port, or the VLAN configuration for port Gi0/1 is wrong.

Still, there are scenarios where this is the right setup, and a troubleshooting decision without consulting the architecture diagram and the intended traffic flow can result in severe traffic flow changing consequences.

I will describe in a future post when such a design can be used and why; until then, try to figure out what can be done so that the ping can succeed.