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[ale] VLANs for home with a Linux Router
- Subject: [ale] VLANs for home with a Linux Router
- From: cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 10:28:30 -0500 (EST)
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> From: "Robert L. Harris" <robert.l.harris at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 2, 2017 6:55:33 PM
> Subject: [ale] VLANs for home with a Linux Router
> Anyone actually converted an existing "home" network to a VLAN'd network? I want
> to segment some traffic which crosses common dumb switches and think that the
> best way might be to use vlan tagging on my Linux firewall to break out the
> devices I don't want touching my default network.
How many dumb switches do you really need? I bought a managed 10/100/1000 Trendnet 8port on Amazon for $40. It supports VLANs. They have a 16 port too.
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