Hey guys,
I just bought myself an EdgeRouter X recently. I want to learn more about VLAN by configuring my home network with 3 VLANs.
At a high level overview, my current setup consists of a modem/router 2-in-1 combo and a dumb switch that lives inside a single subnet. Computers used for entertainments, NAS, printers and work computers.
I want to setup 3 VLANs
VLAN 1 would be my printers and NAS
VLAN 2 would be entertainment computers
VLAN 3 would be work computers
My requirements are
1) VLAN 1 can have a bi-directional communications between VLAN 2 and VLAN 3
2) VLAN 2 and VLAN 3 cannot talk to each other.
EdgeRouter X has 5 ports, I know this can be achievable by creating 3 subnets and each subnet can be assigned to one of the physical interface then finally use firewall rules to control traffic flow but I want to configure this via VLAN as a learning experience.
I have never setup VLANs before so this would be my first time.
My question is do I need a smart switch to do this? I read about router on a stick where I can create multiple VLANs on a single physical interface, connect to a smart switch and then configure the smart switch to designate which ports are for which VLAN.
Or I can setup the EdgeRouter to designate a VLAN per physical interface?
And please correct me if I am wrong on any of the statements I made.
Thanks!
I just bought myself an EdgeRouter X recently. I want to learn more about VLAN by configuring my home network with 3 VLANs.
At a high level overview, my current setup consists of a modem/router 2-in-1 combo and a dumb switch that lives inside a single subnet. Computers used for entertainments, NAS, printers and work computers.
I want to setup 3 VLANs
VLAN 1 would be my printers and NAS
VLAN 2 would be entertainment computers
VLAN 3 would be work computers
My requirements are
1) VLAN 1 can have a bi-directional communications between VLAN 2 and VLAN 3
2) VLAN 2 and VLAN 3 cannot talk to each other.
EdgeRouter X has 5 ports, I know this can be achievable by creating 3 subnets and each subnet can be assigned to one of the physical interface then finally use firewall rules to control traffic flow but I want to configure this via VLAN as a learning experience.
I have never setup VLANs before so this would be my first time.
My question is do I need a smart switch to do this? I read about router on a stick where I can create multiple VLANs on a single physical interface, connect to a smart switch and then configure the smart switch to designate which ports are for which VLAN.
Or I can setup the EdgeRouter to designate a VLAN per physical interface?
And please correct me if I am wrong on any of the statements I made.
Thanks!