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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...
luckyaussiebob wrote:
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.
If you are talking about a totally separate Subnet network, you can plug anothe Orbi router or any router for that matter, into one of the LAN ports of the Orbi router and set it up as a full DHCP server with wired and wireless capabilities. If properly configured, any device you connect to that router will be on its own network.
Mstrbig wrote:If you are talking about a totally separate Subnet network, you can plug anothe Orbi router or any router for that matter, into one of the LAN ports of the Orbi router and set it up as a full DHCP server with wired and wireless capabilities. If properly configured, any device you connect to that router will be on its own network.
Thank you! So if I understand you correctly, Take my old Archer router and plug it into my Orbi. Setup the Archer as a DHCP server (with wired and wireless) and then I can connect IoT devices to the Archer. Thus having my Orbi network, guest orbi network, and Archer IoT network. All this assuming the Archer provides enough coverage for the simple IoT devices.
luckyaussiebob wrote:
Mstrbig wrote:If you are talking about a totally separate Subnet network, you can plug anothe Orbi router or any router for that matter, into one of the LAN ports of the Orbi router and set it up as a full DHCP server with wired and wireless capabilities. If properly configured, any device you connect to that router will be on its own network.
Thank you! So if I understand you correctly, Take my old Archer router and plug it into my Orbi. Setup the Archer as a DHCP server (with wired and wireless) and then I can connect IoT devices to the Archer. Thus having my Orbi network, guest orbi network, and Archer IoT network. All this assuming the Archer provides enough coverage for the simple IoT devices.
CORRECT.