Trying to set up a home network. Found out the Cisco ASA 5505 could not do setup and communication between 4 VLANs and need to figure out a router I can substitute. Need a layer 3 switch/router ...

Does VLAN setup have your head spinning? Whether you're trying to set up a VLAN router or switch, make sure you follow these 5 tips for an easy transition!

The OPNsense Firewall VM can do Sub-Interfaces, and VLAN tags. I'm looking to have Router-On-A-Stick configuration where the Router VM is running inside ESXi while the switch is physical.

Just remember one thing, when configuring a multi-VLAN network, keep good notes on your configuration and update it when you make changes, and things should go smoothly for you.

Learn about the top 5 VLAN setup errors, including native VLAN issues, incorrect port assignments, missing management VLANs, ...

Fast enough for Fibre 300 Can configure VLANs on internal network (not VLAN tagging on WAN). Not much budget for anything these days unfortunately, but keen to see what's out there ...

You can connect the SmartBits ports directly to a PC using a null-modem (crossover) Ethernet cable, but you probably want to connect the SmartBits to the routers and configure the virtual transmit ...