Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?
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@jeffepops well DD-WRT disabled is odd.... but that should be able to do what is required.
How or why you had to mention DD-WRT disabled I find as odd..... It makes me think T-Mobile is doing something fishy.
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@DustinB3403 No, but it has a small home theater system with a roku box. It's much more stable with a wired connection.
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@jeffepops I would buy an edge router and if you only need one port going to the wired Jack in that room you don't need anything else. Yes this is something that you could do very easily
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@DustinB3403 Not sure. The router improved quality of wi-fi calls, but I guess t-mobile doesn't want anyone reconfiguring it.
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@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@DustinB3403 Not sure. The router improved quality of wi-fi calls, but I guess t-mobile doesn't want anyone reconfiguring it.
It likely has QoS enabled by default, which isn't anything special. DD-WRT is an open source router OS which often provides a lot of functionality.
But at the same time, adds complexity that you don't need.
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@DustinB3403 Okay. Let's just assume I'm starting with nothing but the modem and ethernet cables running through my walls. What's the best setup, given my initial inquiry?
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@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@DustinB3403 Okay. Let's just assume I'm starting with nothing but the modem and ethernet cables running through my walls. What's the best setup, given my initial inquiry?
Ubiquiti ER-X and nothing else and less you need more than four ethernet ports for the entire house.
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@JaredBusch answered it while I was away.
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@JaredBusch Thanks. I don't want to assume, so do you think an intelligent person can configure the Ubiquiti using its on line tutorial/manual? AS I mentioned earlier, I could pay someone, but would like the challenge of figuring it out.
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@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch Thanks. I don't want to assume, so do you think an intelligent person can configure the Ubiquiti using its on line tutorial/manual? AS I mentioned earlier, I could pay someone, but would like the challenge of figuring it out.
Yeah the equipment is easy to configure, plus you have Mangolassi, where you ask for guidance for free.
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@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch Thanks. I don't want to assume, so do you think an intelligent person can configure the Ubiquiti using its on line tutorial/manual? AS I mentioned earlier, I could pay someone, but would like the challenge of figuring it out.
With that line of equipment, you upgrade the firmware, run the first run wizard, confirm everything works, then begin to customize for the features you need.
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To bring a single line over to the guest room you would simply remove eth3 from the switch that the wizard sets up and then give it its own network address add some basic firewall rules and you are done.
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@JaredBusch Okay. Thanks. How much harm can I do? For fifty bucks, I'll give it a shot.
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@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch Okay. Thanks. How much harm can I do? For fifty bucks, I'll give it a shot.
What about wireless? An ER – X solution has no wireless natively.
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Also thanks for making the last hour or so of my drive feel a whole hell of a lot shorter. Only another hour and a half to go.
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Hey @jeffepops I'm assuming you are the one who posted on Amazon.
Welcome to ML.
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@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
To bring a single line over to the guest room you would simply remove eth3 from the switch that the wizard sets up and then give it its own network address add some basic firewall rules and you are done.
Yep, this is basically what I said on Amazon.
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@Dashrender Thanks. I sent you a message of appreciation.
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@Dashrender Yes, it looks like I just need to wade in there and give it a whirl.
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@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch Okay. Thanks. How much harm can I do? For fifty bucks, I'll give it a shot.
What about wireless? An ER – X solution has no wireless natively.
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You can purchase from Amazon the Unifi Access Point AC Lite (UAP Lite) and put it on one of the switch ports for your private network.
While it's possible to also use this one Access Point (AP) to serve both your guest WiFi and your private and keep them securely separate, that is a bit more of an advanced setup.
Your other option is to log into your Asus, disable DHCP, then plug one of it's LAN ports into one of the LAN ports on the ER-X and use it for WiFi. You have lots of options.
Personally, I'd skip the Asus, and go UAP Lite.
