Home router and VLANs

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Could someone give me some pointers as to what kit I may need if I wanted to set up some VLAN's on a home network please?

I shouldn't need more than,let's say, half a dozen and want to do the job within a reasonably low budget if at all possible.

Or,if it's possible to set up VLANs by mac address as I already have a few switches on the network and I'm not sure a VLAN would cross a switch and remain intact?
 
A managed switch is probably the simplest and most cost effective means of implementing this. A Netgear 8 port managed switch supporting up to 8 port based VLANS is less than £50
 
Would a VLAN run from managed switch survive if it had to pass through another,unmanaged, switch?

I've only had a perfunctory glance at this and would appreciate help.

Someone told me that a packet created on a managed switch would not survive if it passed through another unmanaged switch and that I would need two of the same spec managed switches to complete the circuit,is that true?
 
APM said:
Would a VLAN run from managed switch survive if it had to pass through another,unmanaged, switch?

I've only had a perfunctory glance at this and would appreciate help.

Someone told me that a packet created on a managed switch would not survive if it passed through another unmanaged switch and that I would need two of the same spec managed switches to complete the circuit,is that true?
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Yes, but only for 1 VLAN, the unmanaged switch would not be able to pass multiple VLAN tagged packets. The unmanaged switch and all the devices connected to it would have no knowledge of what VLAN they were on but the packets would be tagged with the VLAN ID when entering the managed switch.
 
I'd have to let someone who knows a bit more about networking answer that one for you. I think if the managed switch is the closest to the router then you can hang dumb switches off its ports downstream no problem but wait for a better answer before going spending any money!
 
it will also depend if you have a layer 2 or 3 switch. layer 2 switch wont pass data from vlan to another vlan. however if it is layer 3 i.e. routing capable switch then you can send data from one vlan to another. second hand cisco switches are cheap enough. however i highly recommend ubiquiti unifi products. there usg (router) and their switches and aps are managable from one piece of software and makes it easy to setup vlans
 
Thank you gents,the Ubiquiti stuff seems very keenly priced for such well specced kit, I think I have a bit of reading ahead of me.

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I just want the options to separate the network as to what I need it to be,for me it's security reasons mainly.

Also I know some people who own a few letting properties in the area and they've been talking about improving the internet provision in those places and it would be nice if I could quote them a price knowing I could set it up.
 
I use VLANs for security but also to reduce broadcast traffic. All my CCTV is on one VLAN so if someone comes along and unplugs a camera and plugs a laptop in they are limited to what they can access.

Also my guest network is on a separate VLAN with port isolation. So even if 2 devices are on the guest VLAN they cant see each other but i can allow them to see my network printer etc. It's handy that i can also throttle guest users and apply restrictions on what they can and cant get to. and finally i can either supply them with a wifi password or a voucher which expires after so many hours, that way i know they will only have access to my Wifi for x hours rather than forever if i gave them my wpa2 password.

Ubiquiti Unifi is enterprise grade kit but priced reasonably for home/small business users. My home is kitted out with it and have done a few small business, holiday homes and b&bs with it.
 
Now I know what the Ubiquiti thread is all about,I don't know why but I assumed that kit was priced way above what it actually is and so,a fair bit of reading ahead for me.

Thank you all for your input gentlemen.
 
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