Comment on Should I or should I not use a VLAN? I have trouble understanding the benefits for home use
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 10 months ago
It all comes down to what you trust each type of device to do and how you want to handle their traffic.
I have seven VLANs, with each one’s traffic being treated very specifically. The subnets for each VLAN route to specific interfaces on a virtualised OPNsense firewall, which is where my traffic handling and policy enforcement takes place.
Also remember VLANs are just plain useful for segregating traffic, particularly broadcast traffic, without having to invest in separate switching/routing for each subnet. Having a single managed switch that limits the broadcast domains for you is as really efficient way to (physically) setup your network.
CMahaff@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Out.of curiosity, what switch are you using for your setup?
Last time I looked, I struggled to find any brand of “home tier” router / switch that supported things like configuring vlans, etc.
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 10 months ago
Believe it or not, a Netgear. Specifically this one. I don’t have any fibre connected gear (yet!) and 180W of PoE+ was more than enough for my few PoE cameras and WAPs.