Router-Switch-AP (all in one)
Overview:
This is a configuration for a home or even a micro business. Everything lives on a single hardware unit with PCs, laptops, NAS servers, printers, and phones all on the Blue VLAN. The Blue network is considered the home LAN making use of local ethernet ports and a home SSID. When friends come over, you give them a Guest SSID to keep them off your network.
Unit Configuration at a glance:
Access Ports:
Since most ports are on the Blue VLAN, you trust your PC, laptop, NAS, and printer to live there together. All your IoT devices are probably on a separate simple switch connected to Green via the one local ethernet port or WiFi. You can create as many VLANs on WiFi as you need, although three is probably a good limit to minimize WiFi inefficiency.
Trunk Ports:
There are no Purple Trunk ports. The Green VLAN is our other network. Whatever is plugged into the Green ethernet port may or may not be VLAN aware. However, it does not really matter. Once it hits our router/switch, its Green to us. Create more VLAN interfaces if you need more organization.
IP Addressing & Routing:
There is only one hardware device, of which we create one bridge to manage all LAN side devices. We set this IP address to 192.168.0.1. Everything gets routed out the Yellow WAN interface for Internet access.
IP Services:
The Blue interface supplies the home network with the services it needs. A Green VLAN interface supplies the Guest network with Green IP Services.
How it all works:
Firewall rules keep everyone separate.
Config File:
RouterSwitchAP.rsc (7.24 KB)