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I am hopeful that a knowledgeable someone can save me some research time in selecting a new router. I have a few must haves and a few nice to haves: Must Haves: VLAN support with wireless for e...
- you won't get that all on a stock consumer route.
- build your own router using opnsense or pfsense and build it for the wired capabilities. Then just add the mesh network in access point mode that meets your needs.
I made a type in my headings. 'Nice Must Haves' should have been 'Nice to Haves'. I am pretty sure there are Orbis that have mesh capabilities with both wired and wireless back-haul since I know people with much older Orbis that offer this. I am also reasonably sure that there are versions that have gigabit Ethernet ports. So, the only other 'Must Have' is VLAN support with wireless for each VLAN. Do any of the Orbi mesh units offer VLAN capabilities? If so, can a VLAN be assigned to a specific port? If not, does it offer VLAN tagging. If yes to either, can I have a wired and wireless for each VLAN?
I am wishing to have 3 VLAN with both wired and wireless connections. I wish to have a VLAN for my primary computer as well as a guest network and IoT network.