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vlansarehard
Dec 27, 2021Follower
Question about management vlan for wifi
I had some trouble setting up a netgear switch and AP but all is workign now, so I had some questions about best practices. We have 3 wifi vlans, and the general office traffic vlan (10) The def...
schumaku
Dec 28, 2021Guru - Experienced User
For simplicity and the average usage, I'd suggest to stick with the untagged VLAN. Much easier to connect a computer or the like to the same switch port, and get direct admin access. Perfectly sufficient for most.
For more sophisticated networks, dedicated management networks are deployed, the connected devices typically make use of a tagged management VLAN.
For specific security requirements you run the management VLAN tagged to the ports, and operate a dedicated, different VLAN as a "capture all network" where that dedicated VLAN where all unauthorized untagged devices are connected to for further processing.
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