Subj : Re: Ethernet switches
To   : Accession
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Aug 08 2024 06:47:00

-=> Accession wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Ac> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 13:10:00 -0700, you wrote:

 pF> With all this talk of networks, thought people might be interested in an
 pF> ethernet switch I recently bought - a TP-Link TL-SGL108e "smart" switch
 pF> - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K4DS5KU/

 Ac> Now that's kinda where I was going with my prior questions.

 Ac> Could I run from the wall to my server's first NIC with pfsense
 Ac> installed on it. then create two VLANs, one for the rest of the VMs on
 Ac> the server machine, and the other for the second NIC on the server
 Ac> machine, connected to something like that, which would feed my other 3
 Ac> PCs in the house.

 I may have the terminology wrong, but if you can run multiple VLANs on
 one interface with pfSense, then you could connect pfSense to one
 switch port, tell the switch that it's a trunk port (or assign all the
 VLANs to that port), then assign the other ports on the switch to, say,
 a server LAN or a home LAN - and traffic would be isolated to that
 VLAN.

 I've had people set that up at work, I'm just starting to play with it
 with OpenWRT as my primary router at home.




 pF> I'm not ready to go 2.5GBe yet on my junkyard homelab, this was a nice
 pF> purchase at the full price.

 Ac> I think it's safe to guess it's still a ways out as far as anything
 Ac> higher than gigabit being normal for everyday households.

 Ac> Regards,
 Ac> Nick

 Ac> ... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
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