Posts Tagged ‘VLAN’

Home networks, security, and things (IoT)

07Aug26

TL;DR As Internet of Things (IoT) devices become more commonplace managing the risks they bring becomes more of a bother. I’ve chosen to deal with this by having different network zones for different trust levels; implemented mostly with OpenWrt. But it’s still a compromise where various security risks are accepted as OK given the effort […]


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VLANs on Sodola managed switches

04May26

TL;DR There’s an aspect to the web user interface of Sodola switches that’s far from obvious, and not documented :/ When setting up trunk ports it’s necessary to select all the VLANs that will be carried, and the default is only to select VLAN 1. Background I’m starting to accumulate a small selection of things […]


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GL.iNet MT-6000 Flint2 Review

30Nov24

TL;DR The Flint 2 seems to be a pretty awesome router. It was a little fiddly to set up my (quite complex) existing VLANs and wireless networks onto it, but it’s been working without a hitch since then :) Why? I’ve had a Draytek 2866ax router paired with an AP960C access point for about 18m[1]. […]


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Do VMs dream of real networks?

04Feb13

With apologies to Philip K. Dick. This post is going to address three topics: The relationship between a virtual machine (VM) and its network connection(s). The changing perimeter The role of APIs in controlling network configuration The common theme is dreams, or perhaps de/re(ams) – as the last two topics touch on whether something is de- or […]


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