It's now more than a secure home.

For a home setup, the only really common use for a VLAN would be an isolated wifi network and SSID for guests and IoT devices that you do not want connected to your main network. That's about it. You ...

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 ...

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Virtual LAN (VLAN) technology, which is defined under the IEEE 802.1q specifications, has allowed enterprise to extend the reach of their corporate networks across the WAN. VLANs enable a LAN to be ...

I am testing in a lab where my SmartBits (https://www.spirentcom.com/analysis/product_line.cfm?wt=2&az-c=pl&PL=33) has a public address while my two routers and two ...

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 ...

- Windows 10 VM running on ESXi Server (connected to vmnic1, port 6 on TP-Link) - OPNsense Firewall VM running on ESXi Server (connected to vmnic1, port 6 on TP-Link) The OPNsense Firewall VM can do ...

Five things you should know about configuring a Cisco IOS switch Your email has been sent Once you're ready to make the jump to a more sophisticated switch, what do you need to know? Let's answer some ...