Great! Yes, plugging into the wrong port or having an incorrect configuration on the switches is a common situation that gets all of us at one point or another. That's why I always recommend looking there when there are unexplained isues -- it's back to first principles.
The vlan filtering option is not required. I don't think it causes any issues, though.
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