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Pudgemeister
Feb 19, 2023Aspirant
Newbie Here - Struggling With VLAN basics
Hi all I am giving up on the search engine struggle as it's clear it's my understanding that's the issue. I am running an establishment in which there is public WiFi, and two private WiFi's. On...
schumaku
Feb 19, 2023Guru - Experienced User
The idea new network admin need to learn is that an access point does map any SSID - wireless name - does not create a segregation to different network. Nice idea having different names on air however.
Trouble is almost all consumer routers for home or even some offered explicitly for small businesses allow only one network, one broadcast domain, one IP subnet, and one VLAN only.
Keep in mind that such an add-on router or mesh system like a Orbi Business https://www.netgear.com/business/wifi/mesh/ does allow adding multiple network, VLANs, IP subnets, ... keep the current router LAN as an intermediate network is retained..
- PudgemeisterMar 14, 2023Aspirant
Hi
Thank you for the reply. This was very helpful.
I wonder. Would port/interface based ACL blocking work to block signals from one port to another?
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