I'm thinking about changing the layout of my home/lab network to segment off my new security alarms, smoke detectors, etc. Current thinking is I'll keep the gateway on: Guest WiFi: 10.0.4.1/24 ...

A VLAN isn't just good for keeping clients separate from one another, it's also handy for creating a guest network. Perhaps you don't want just anyone hooking up to your home network and ...

In Cisco LAN switch environments, the native VLAN is typically untagged on 802.1Q trunk ports. This can lead to a security vulnerability in your network environment. It is a best practice to ...

When getting into VLANs, you will see two types of switches, Layer 2 and Layer 3. Layer 3 switches are the more configurable and thus more expensive.

A VLAN is created by grouping devices based on their hardware or mac addresses. Devices communicate only with other devices in the same group. This is enforced by the Ethernet switch of the switch ...

I also don't agree with VLANs being complicated or easy to screw up, at least not if you're doing a basic "1 VLAN per regular /24" thing. Any subnet has a tag. A given client is also tagged in ...