Yep, also a degree in electronics with a master in networking might help, but come on, it is a home network, if the requirements are not absurd it should be possible to fulfill them in a relatively simple way.
The concepts in themselves are not that difficult (Mikrotik specific implementation might).
Still,from the original:
I’ve got an RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN with a server plugged into ether8-slave-local that I would like to segment off from the rest of my network. I want it to be able to talk out to the internet and I’d like to be able to SSH to it from my laptop plugged into a different port (e.g. ether7-slave-local).
it is not clear at all (to me) what these requirements are.
@Minnewsota
You should do three things:
- post your current configuration, following these instructions
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/forum-rules/173010/1 - post a schematic/diagram of your setup, a photo a hand made drawing would do.
- describe in more detail what you want to do, i.e. your expectations from the new setup, what is the role of this server, should it be accessible from the internet/remotely, does it serve content only locally, etc.
One of the good (and also bad) things with Mikrotik is that the same thing can often be done in more than one way, so understanding in detail the expected result is important to choose the “better” way to get there.