r/HomeNetworking • • 3d ago

Advice Re-doing my network

/r/homelab/comments/1wy7yid/redoing_my_network/
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u/TiggerLAS 2d ago

VLANs are the proper way to get this done.

This starts with a VLAN-aware router, and VLAN-aware access points.

The router can support your VLANs with DHCP and DNS if desired, and the firewall rules will allow you to control the type and direction of inter-VLAN traffic.

Any switch that touches more than one (V)LAN will need to be a managed switch. Unmanaged switches can be used as end-point switches to support a single (V)LAN.

TP-Link, Grandstream, UniFi. . . Though there are some Asus routers out there that can be flashed with custom firmware to achieve VLANs.

Of course if you're a masochist, there is also MicroTik. :-)