Are you looking for a way to secure your smart home against potential bad actors or intruders? A VLAN is the perfect tool for the job. Here’s how I have my VLAN set up, and how I plan to use it to ...

I'm getting ready to put in a layer 3 switch where I will be setting up vlans. I was reading through the astaro version 5 manual and it sates that the nics must have a vlan tag capable driver. I've ...

A virtual LAN is a logical division of a network that enables devices to communicate as if they are connected to a single switch. These divisions are critical to network security, performance and ...

I have an HP Procurve 2650 48 port layer 3 switch. I have 2 vlans set up with 2 DHCP servers, both mitel products, one is a 6000 server the other is a 3300 which is a telephone system that does ...

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 ...

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