[mythtv-users] VLANs, HDHomeruns and bears, oh my

[Michael]

On 4/6/20 11:51 AM, Charlie Myth wrote:
> ..talking of Edgreouter, could you use an Edgerouter X (~£50) and set 
> that up to have separate networks with the Edgerouter routing 
> appropriately between them and making use of its Firewall? It has 5 
> ports which can each be on their own LAN with the firewall set up 
> between them. There is a bit of a learning curve, but you can start 
> off with the GUI.
>
> https://community.ui.com/questions/How-to-separate-LANs-in-GUI/652bdd69-fe9b-47c4-9537-5d7ccffd8738
>
> (and, not that I'm an expert, I thought Stephen's VLAN explanation was 
> great - and they are worth investigating too)
>

Yes, you can absolutely do this, but then you have to have different 
wired or wireless connections for each network.

With VLAN aware equipment you could have the router, a switch, and 1 
wireless access point that handles multiple connections to various VLANs 
without duplicating infrastructure.


Michael