As an elaboration on VLANs, you can associate more than one subnet to a VLAN, and traffic will be able to get from one VLAN to the other via the router. This is particularly handy if you had assigned ...

Interfaces are communicating both ways. Firewalls rules are set to allow both networks to talk and RIP is authorised on the two VLAN interfaces. On the Swithc Port 1&2 are in Trunk-1. Port 3-8 are in ...

Once your home network grows a little more complex, you soon realize that grouping devices into virtual local area networks (VLANs) makes a lot of sense, both from a security and administrative ...

Imagine this: your smart home devices, guest Wi-Fi, and workstations all coexist on the same network. A single compromised IoT device could expose sensitive data or disrupt your entire system. It’s a ...

Segmentation is a fundamental part of home network security, and most people skip it ...

I am testing in a lab where my SmartBits (https://www.spirentcom.com/analysis/product_line.cfm?wt=2&az-c=pl&PL=33) has a public address while my two routers and two ...

Have you been told that VLANs are the ultimate solution to your network woes? That they’ll magically secure your infrastructure, eliminate complexity, and solve all your traffic management headaches?

Your smart home is only as good as the wireless protocol that chains all of your devices together. Wi-Fi tends to be the network of choice for most homes and businesses, which often means that laptops ...