Here's a very simple explanation of VLANs: A packet being "tagged" for a
specific VLAN means that the packet's Ethernet header information contains
a number (between 1 and 4094 inclusive) that identifies the VLAN for which
that packet is intended. The intent of this mechanism is to allow a single
Interesting! Does this mean that by disabling the WAN port on the DD-WRT
device and getting it to act as switch, then the pfSense router device
actually sees multiple network domains on the same LAN port? I guess
this is probably due to the fact that I don't understand VLANs ...
Currently, I have
The most reliable way to do it is to set up two VLANs for your wireless,
with your Home network on one of them and your Guest network on the other,
and to configure the firewall rules in pfSense for the LAN-LAN traffic.
DD-WRT officially supports VLAN tagging (802.1q), but it only works on some
On 2018-03-10 18:54, Antonio wrote:
Hi pfSense experts,
I was hoping you could help me with a config questions. I have pfSense
configured as main routed for my network. The WAN is connected to DSL
modem, one LAN on a ethernet switch and another LAN port on a Netgear
R8000 with dd-wrt installed.
Hi pfSense experts,
I was hoping you could help me with a config questions. I have pfSense
configured as main routed for my network. The WAN is connected to DSL
modem, one LAN on a ethernet switch and another LAN port on a Netgear
R8000 with dd-wrt installed. One of the cool features of the R8000
