Which setup works best for a small house network?
Which setup works best for a small house network?
I have the TP Smart Switch set up at my office, but I just can't make it send signals out to the router. Right now, it's all set like you told me before, but I don't know where to put tags on a port so that they can share data across different networks (VLANs).
You need two switches, one at each end of the cable, to carry vlan tags. I am not sure how to describe it better than the manual shows. I really hate GUI based stuff because I can't just give you commands you could paste into the switch like say a cisco commercial switch. There should be a menu that says 802.1q on the top that allows you to place vlans onto ports with a tag. Maybe there is a youtube video
I'm looking back at what we talked about and I think I get it now. If that setup is right, do you really need two smart switches? One on the door and one in the kitchen?
Yes you need two switches. The first one adds labels to the packets you want something at the other end to remove those labels and put the packets in the right ports. What 802.1q does is basically make a fake cable. It needs a box on both ends, regular stuff just sees the real physical wire. I guess I should have been clearer, got sidetracked with another idea.