Hi everyone, I'm converting my Ubiquiti network to a Mikrotik network and having a look at the first VLANs to get sorted out. However, I'm really struggling with it. I generally understand how VLANs work, but I'm completely lost; should the VLAN be on the interface or the bridge? Etc. I'm fairly ne…

Hey guys I’m sorry for being such a newbie, and I hope somebody will bump me in the right direction. Since I really want to understand VLANs I’ve been reading quite a lot but still can’t get it to work. I’m not a very experienced network admin as you can see. Although I spent quite some time readi…

First, you should change your plan, and use the hAP ac³ as your internet gateway and DHCP server instead. It has a much better CPU than the CRS, with over 3x the routing performance with firewall and NAT. You should make it the router. Second is that on the hAP ac³, you currently configure VLAN acc…

CGG is bang on! Use this document for both router and switch as a guide for vlans..... [image] Using RouterOS to VLAN your network Useful user articles Access Point Overview: In the business environment and increasingly in homes, multiple wifi Access Points …

Thanks, I’l delve into this one as well.

Thank you for pointing this out. I’ll have a look at that part of the documentation. Currently, I’m still using the Ubiquiti gateway as a router. For now it will stay in place and do the NAT/firewalling, so the switch only has to do the inter-VLAN routing stuff.

[image] CGGXANNX: First, you should change your plan, @vlan_newbie Second ... please change formatting for code in the post. It would make reading easier. Use code tag < / > from the menu or just put three backticks (usually the key left to the "1" on the US keyboard) to mark the beginning…

Just did so, thank you for mentioning.

You can use the hap as a switch as well, exact same setup as for the CRS328 ( access point/switch vice just switch).

I know, but I need at least ~15 ports in my home rack (where the CRS328 is located). On my desk the hAP functions as a switch (1 port to the rack, 2 for desktops and 2 for fiddling). Since my Ubiquiti setup can’t really change the default VLAN, I bought a Mikrotik router. I’ll wait for it to arrive…

Note: this post is both my own braindump and a question as well. I currently think I understand the trunks and access ports on switches but I’m still doubting about where to implement what. And this document forces me to split the large task at hand into multiple small ones. Of course any suggestion…