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On Saturday 28 May 2011 13:10:09 Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> After seeing an older thread asking about a router, I figured I'd ask my |
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> own question... |
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> I'm looking for a cheap but reliable router that has decent and SIMPLE |
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> way to add VLANs (I'm not a CISCO guy and don't want to have to become |
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> one)... |
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> Specifically, I want to have one VLAN that my wireless access points are |
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> plugged into, to provide ONLY internet access, and then a separate VLAN |
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> for my internal network... |
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> This is to protect my internal net from any potentially infected |
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> machines that are on the wireless access points (I routinely work on |
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> infected computers for friends/family, so, I need internet access, but |
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> want them isolated from my internal network). |
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> Anyone? Will one of the FLOSS builds for the cheap Cable/DSL routers |
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> support VLANs on the different built-in router ports (ie, Tomato, DD-WRT |
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> or OpenWRT)? |
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> Looking forward to any suggestions/ideas... |
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so - why don't you get a router that ONLY does the routing and a nice good |
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switch where you can tag the vlans? |
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Because if someone takes over your router it does not matter that you have |
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different vlans, they can access everything. |
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But if the router is on a different vlan than the internal network, they have |
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to take over the switch - which will be in a vlan inaccessible from any active |
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device - to get into the other vlans. |