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CKopp
Jul 09, 2026Luminary
Network switch selection for VLAN design
I currently have an unmanaged network consisting of a 24 port switch, 3 - 8 port switches, a Netgear RS series router and a cable company supplied modem. Several IOT devices reside on this network, ...
CKopp
Jul 10, 2026Luminary
P.S. Stephan,
I am curious, does my wireless router use a VLAN behind the scenes to isolated the guest wireless network from the rest of my network
- schumakuJul 11, 2026Guru - Experienced User
CKopp wrote:
am curious, does my wireless router use a VLAN behind the scenes to isolated the guest wireless network from the rest of my network
Nothing the like is documented officially for the Netgear Nighthawk RS routers - different from Netgear Orbi mesh systems.
- CKoppJul 12, 2026Luminary
Then how does it Isolate the current wireless guest network from the non-guest wireless network and wired ethernet. Both the documentation and my testing support that isolation. I have an RS600
- schumakuJul 13, 2026Guru - Experienced User
Internal L2/L3 filtering. No dedicated VLAN
involved apparently.
Similar on the mesh enabled Orbi Mesh router and satellites, except that there are some VLANs guest (and probably IoT) - I'm not to deep in the Netgear consumer devices anymore.
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