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Question on creating multiple Wireless VLANs for Security (IoT devices, Family WiFi, Guest WiFi)
Hey Everyone,
I'm in the process of re-doing (re-designing) my entire Home Network. I've decided to go the VLAN route for both Wired and Wireless devices. From a security standpoint, I would li...
Wow, thank you so much for the incredible reply!!! I’m going to have to dissect this and definitely Whiteboard this.
The reason for the EdgeRouter is because I thought that having a Router with more sophisticated VLAN capabilities would be necessary, especially if I were to put the Orbi in AP mode.
Now that it’s on its way too me, I wonder if it will make things easier, both the EdgeRouter and the ZyXEL switches also support VLANs.
My other concer is the NAS. I know that I can have it physically connected to different VLANs since it does have 4x Gigabit NICs.
I can have it be a part of my private lan on one Nic, then another NIC be a part of the IoT VLAN and restrict access from the IoT side so only the streaming devices like the NVIDIA Shield TV and Amazon FireSticks have access, based on MAC ID ACLs?
Hmmmm.
Lots to think about.
Of course if Netgear releases the required VLAN features for the Orbi...that would be awesome!!
BJ
The reason for the EdgeRouter is because I thought that having a Router with more sophisticated VLAN capabilities would be necessary, especially if I were to put the Orbi in AP mode.
Now that it’s on its way too me, I wonder if it will make things easier, both the EdgeRouter and the ZyXEL switches also support VLANs.
My other concer is the NAS. I know that I can have it physically connected to different VLANs since it does have 4x Gigabit NICs.
I can have it be a part of my private lan on one Nic, then another NIC be a part of the IoT VLAN and restrict access from the IoT side so only the streaming devices like the NVIDIA Shield TV and Amazon FireSticks have access, based on MAC ID ACLs?
Hmmmm.
Lots to think about.
Of course if Netgear releases the required VLAN features for the Orbi...that would be awesome!!
BJ
b1ggjoe wrote:
The reason for the EdgeRouter is because I thought that having a Router with more sophisticated VLAN capabilities would be necessary, especially if I were to put the Orbi in AP mode.
BJ
You are on the right track but the EdgeRouter leaves much to be desired... in my opinion. If you only want basic vlan routing without any advanced services/firewall... then go for it. However, it sounds like you really enjoy playing with this hardware and would benefit from a fully featured firewall/gateway like Sophos Home UTM, Untangle, pfsense, etc. Of course those require some more dedicated hardware if you have the budget and desire to learn if you are not already educated in such topics.