Relative newcomer to serious home networking here, looking for a little input about what I actually need to achieve my goals. I've seen guides including other VLANs -- VPN vs clearnet, management, etc ...

A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a means to split up a physical network into multiple logical networks. Think of it like using a single cable and router to create multiple virtual versions that ...

The average home now has dozens of networked devices, from computers to smart devices and streaming boxes. Each of these comes with different considerations about how they use the network, and that's ...

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 ...

Fancy doing something more with your home network? Or are you already up and running with a NAS device, a simple server of some kind, or a bunch of smart home gadgets you’d like to get more control ...

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 ...

Nutter helps a reader protect the servers in his growing network. As our network grows in size, so does the need to protect the servers. We have already put in an interior firewall between the servers ...

As with anything, there is probably more than one way to do it. My way may not be the best, but it has worked well for me. Just remember one thing, when configuring a multi-VLAN network, keep good ...

For all VLANs, my router and ESXi box are "tagged" ports. Everything else is untagged. I'm now upgrading to a Dell Powerconnect 2816 and I'm a bit confused. The problem is that VLAN 1 cannot be ...