Hi,
I'm running a wired Gigabit LAN at home which connects to wired devices such as servers and desktops and several wireless routers configured to serve as access points. (Is it correct to call these endpoints?) I'd like to add IoT devices but would like to keep them separated from the main LAN just in case they misbehave and have begun experimenting with VLANs.
My gateway router runs TomatoUSB on which I created a bridge and a new VLAN and assigned to it an untagged physical port and a Virtual Wireless AP and confirmed that these are isolated from the main LAN by using ping. I'd like to distribute this VLAN over the existing wiring and could use some help. (I realize I could try and distribute the new VLAN wirelessly but there are too many intervening walls).
Specifically, if I had two Cat5 cables running to the various rooms, I would use for each of the LANs but I don't. This means I would have to get the router to produce tagged frames, connect to a switch to send these to various rooms and use a managed switch at the far end to map the VLANs to access ports since my endpoints are not VLAN aware as best as I can tell.
Do I need a managed switch at the gateway router to send tagged frames to the different rooms or will one of my existing consumer grade unmanaged switches do this?
Any recommendations for easy-to-use 5-8 port managed switches to use in the other rooms will also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I'm running a wired Gigabit LAN at home which connects to wired devices such as servers and desktops and several wireless routers configured to serve as access points. (Is it correct to call these endpoints?) I'd like to add IoT devices but would like to keep them separated from the main LAN just in case they misbehave and have begun experimenting with VLANs.
My gateway router runs TomatoUSB on which I created a bridge and a new VLAN and assigned to it an untagged physical port and a Virtual Wireless AP and confirmed that these are isolated from the main LAN by using ping. I'd like to distribute this VLAN over the existing wiring and could use some help. (I realize I could try and distribute the new VLAN wirelessly but there are too many intervening walls).
Specifically, if I had two Cat5 cables running to the various rooms, I would use for each of the LANs but I don't. This means I would have to get the router to produce tagged frames, connect to a switch to send these to various rooms and use a managed switch at the far end to map the VLANs to access ports since my endpoints are not VLAN aware as best as I can tell.
Do I need a managed switch at the gateway router to send tagged frames to the different rooms or will one of my existing consumer grade unmanaged switches do this?
Any recommendations for easy-to-use 5-8 port managed switches to use in the other rooms will also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.