Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?
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@DustinB3403 said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch Why don't you agree?
VLAN's are very simple to setup, and don't require anything special. I'm willing to be enlightened tonight.
So go.
Well they may be simple to set up on the router they're very hard to deal with in the switching specially in a home where he probably does not have VLAN aware switches. So without that your choice is to take all of your equipment and put it on a VLAN and then leave the default VLAN for any guest equipment. That is not simple that's a pain in the ass
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@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@DustinB3403 said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@DustinB3403 said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
Woodworking do exactly what he wants, yes. Simplest, Hell no.
And what does "Woodworking do exactly what he wants, yes" mean?
I do so love Siri.
Ok, I've been drinking so wasn't sure what the hell was going on. lol
Would do exactly what he wants
Gotcha, so a VLAN works, but you don't agree its a simple approach. So what would be more simple, creating a separate lan entirely?
While networking wise there would be 2 separate flat networks, this seems like way more effort to setup.
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@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@DustinB3403 We occasionally rent it out for AirBnB, and have friends of our children stay in it.
And while I agree having a dedicate Ethernet for the room is usable, do most of your clients walk in with desktops asking where they can connect to the dial up internet?
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@DustinB3403 said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@DustinB3403 said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@DustinB3403 said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
Woodworking do exactly what he wants, yes. Simplest, Hell no.
And what does "Woodworking do exactly what he wants, yes" mean?
I do so love Siri.
Ok, I've been drinking so wasn't sure what the hell was going on. lol
Would do exactly what he wants
Gotcha, so a VLAN works, but you don't agree its a simple approach. So what would be more simple, creating a separate lan entirely?
While networking wise there would be 2 separate flat networks, this seems like way more effort to setup.
Correct because to continue my prior post, if your equipment is on the default VLAN then it's a pain in the ass to configure every guest device to be on the appropriate VLAN
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He's driving. I assume thats supposed to be would it, not woodworking.
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The simplest solution for something at home like this would be to basic gigabit dumb switches both plugged into the router to separate physical LANS.
The firewall set up in the router will be the same whether it's the VLAN or a LAN.
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@stacksofplates said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
He's driving. I assume thats supposed to be would it, not woodworking.
When I talk slowly enough and enunciate the punctuation by actually saying the word period. Siri generally does not do too bad
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Does the router he has offer the capabilities he'd need for this? I've never used anything from T-Mobile so I have no idea..
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@JaredBusch Is this something a bright person without a whole lot of network customization experience could set up? I'm up for the challenge -- set up my own home network. If so, what is the recommended hardware, and a resource for doing the customiazation?
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@DustinB3403 said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
Does the router he has offer the capabilities he'd need for this? I've never used anything from T-Mobile so I have no idea..
I have no clue, but for $60 you get something awesome.
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@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@DustinB3403 said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
Does the router he has offer the capabilities he'd need for this? I've never used anything from T-Mobile so I have no idea..
I have no clue, but for $60 you get something awesome.
It's an Asus router -- AC-68U -- which has been DD-WRT disabled by T-Mobile. I have and can purchase other routers. I want to run the Tmobile router on the home network becasue its tuned for wi-fi calling. Not essential to keep if I can't use it. I'd heard the Ubiquiti router was a good one. My other router is an ASUS TM-AC1900
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@jeffepops well DD-WRT disabled is odd.... but that should be able to do what is required.
How or why you had to mention DD-WRT disabled I find as odd..... It makes me think T-Mobile is doing something fishy.
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@DustinB3403 No, but it has a small home theater system with a roku box. It's much more stable with a wired connection.
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@jeffepops I would buy an edge router and if you only need one port going to the wired Jack in that room you don't need anything else. Yes this is something that you could do very easily
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@DustinB3403 Not sure. The router improved quality of wi-fi calls, but I guess t-mobile doesn't want anyone reconfiguring it.
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@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@DustinB3403 Not sure. The router improved quality of wi-fi calls, but I guess t-mobile doesn't want anyone reconfiguring it.
It likely has QoS enabled by default, which isn't anything special. DD-WRT is an open source router OS which often provides a lot of functionality.
But at the same time, adds complexity that you don't need.
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@DustinB3403 Okay. Let's just assume I'm starting with nothing but the modem and ethernet cables running through my walls. What's the best setup, given my initial inquiry?
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@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@DustinB3403 Okay. Let's just assume I'm starting with nothing but the modem and ethernet cables running through my walls. What's the best setup, given my initial inquiry?
Ubiquiti ER-X and nothing else and less you need more than four ethernet ports for the entire house.
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@JaredBusch answered it while I was away.
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@JaredBusch Thanks. I don't want to assume, so do you think an intelligent person can configure the Ubiquiti using its on line tutorial/manual? AS I mentioned earlier, I could pay someone, but would like the challenge of figuring it out.
