[mythtv-users] VLANs, HDHomeruns and bears, oh my
Michael
mythtv at blandford.net
Mon Apr 6 20:56:39 UTC 2020
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
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