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Orbi RBR40 and IoT VLAN
Hi, I’m looking to set up a separate VLAN for one of the wired ports on an RBR40 for IoT devices so they’re isolated from the rest of my Wired network and can just get out to the internet. After mu...
This is exactly what I am looking to do as well! Have you had any success JohnSA ?
I have an older archer C7 router that I was thinking to plug into my Orbi. Then use that archer as the IoT network. Keeping my main and guest networks seperate.
Just found out about the vlan and now I am more confused. If I can get a seperate '3rd' network from the existing Orbis that would be great.
luckyaussiebob wrote:This is exactly what I am looking to do as well! Have you had any success JohnSA ?
I have an older archer C7 router that I was thinking to plug into my Orbi. Then use that archer as the IoT network. Keeping my main and guest networks seperate.
Just found out about the vlan and now I am more confused. If I can get a seperate '3rd' network from the existing Orbis that would be great.
The Orbi VLAN capability appears to be designed to support IPTV applications where television sets attached to one of the Orbi LAN ports are connected directly to the ISP without going through the Orbi NAT or firewall. IoT devices, which are almost always WiFi, also need to get an IP address using DHCP, which the Orbi VLAN does not provide.