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?
 
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?
 
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.

:)
 
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.
 
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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