I'm thinking about changing the layout of my home/lab network to segment off my new security alarms, smoke detectors, etc. Current thinking is I'll keep the gateway on: Guest WiFi: 10.0.4.1/24 (will ...

TL;DR - I need help making sense of setting up a VLAN on this venerable switch, and then understanding how to set up the corresponding VLANs with the allegedly VLAN-aware Ubiquti APs (in my case, two ...

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 ...

Charlene, They are technically not the same. However, in practice, often they are implemented as if they were equivalent. A VLAN is created by grouping devices based on their hardware or mac addresses ...

VLANs break a physical LAN into several logical broadcast domains. Each LAN station hears traffic sent by its own VLAN but receives nothing from stations in other VLANs -- not even from those ...

Subnetting and creating subnet masks is often outsourced to consultants, but doing it yourself can be both challenging and rewarding. In the IT world, specifically in networking, there aren’t many ...