T he more complex my home network became over the years, the more time I spent tweaking it to achieve the best performance ...

I assumed the only real way to fix this was to upgrade something expensive. A Wi-Fi 7 router? Maybe. A 2.5GbE core switch?

VLANs break a physical LAN into several logical broadcast domains. Each LAN station hears traffic sent by its own VLAN but receives nothing from stations in other VLANs -- not even from those ...

Fancy doing something more with your home network? Or are you already up and running with a NAS device, a simple server of some kind, or a bunch of smart home gadgets you’d like to get more control ...

So, I'm looking to get going with some VLANs for my home LAN. First time with VLANs, but I think I know the concepts. My goals are: Keeping IoT/home automation from talking to the Internet, or other ...

Virtual LAN (VLAN) technology, which is defined under the IEEE 802.1q specifications, has allowed enterprise to extend the reach of their corporate networks across the WAN. VLANs enable a LAN to be ...

In Cisco LAN switch environments, the native VLAN is typically untagged on 802.1Q trunk ports. This can lead to a security vulnerability in your network environment. It is a best practice to ...

Many of us cordially detest virtual LANs (VLANs). They require complicated configuration, and consequently they are error-prone. They do not offer fully satisfactory solutions for the problems they ...