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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...
JmsWhitlow from your must haves, the 970 series does have both wired and wireless backhaul - I have two 970 satellites using wired and I have had them on wireless backhaul too. They have a dedicated wireless backhaul band as well. Also, The 971s support ethernet connections with 2x2.5GB ports and 1 10GB port. I have my satellites and router wired with 10G. Sweet!
As for VLAN, as others have said - Home-class Orbi systems (like the 970) do not offer true VLAN configuration on the LAN side in the way a business or prosumer router would (e.g., defining custom VLAN IDs, assigning ports to VLANs). They also do not support VLAN tagging for individual SSIDs that map Wi-Fi traffic to specific VLANs for LAN segmentation. I have not used it or have any experience with it, but to get real VLAN capabilities that can be assigned to specific wired ports, tagged/trunked to a managed switch, and have wireless VLANs per SSID, you would need a business-class router/AP system such as Orbi Pro (supports VLAN tagging & SSID-VLAN mapping) or a different brand with true VLAN/802.1Q features. See this link for info:
Or as others have suggested, you can use the Orbi as a pure AP and place a separate router/firewall (with VLAN support) in front of it.