Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?
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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.
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@JaredBusch Tell me if I'm wrong, but can't I just plug a wi-fi router or AP into one of the LAN ports?
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@Dashrender That's what I'll do! Thanks.
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@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@Dashrender Yes, it looks like I just need to wade in there and give it a whirl.
As I mentioned before, there will be several people here willing to help. you can share screen shots of things you don't understand, and we'll do our best to help you.
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@Dashrender Excellent. Going to order the router and UAP now. Thanks, again to all who helped me get going.
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@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch Tell me if I'm wrong, but can't I just plug a wi-fi router or AP into one of the LAN ports?
Well a WiFi router by default has DHCP enabled. Depending on how you connect it, you can end up with more issues. The AP will just work, once you have the AP configured.
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A word of warning for the UAP - it's managed by software that you install on your home computer (and requires that you install Java also). Though, once you configure the UAP, you don't need to keep the software running.
The ER-X can be managed completely through a web browser, but the UAP needs that software running before you can manage it.
No big deal, just wanted to set an expectation.
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@Dashrender Okay, thanks.
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Now, not that you want to spend more money...
but Ubiquiti (nickname UBNT) also sells a firewall device that goes along with the UAP Lite, also controlled by the same software as the UAP. The firewall is twice the cost of the ER-X but the integrated view is pretty nice. -
@jeffepops said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch Tell me if I'm wrong, but can't I just plug a wi-fi router or AP into one of the LAN ports?
Can and should our different things. You should not.
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@Dashrender said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@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.
Right -
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.
Not just any port it will specifically go on eth4 because of the POE pass through.
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@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@Dashrender said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@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.
Right -
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.
Not just any port it will specifically go on eth4 because of the POE pass through.
LOL I didn't figure it was important to mention that yet.
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@Dashrender said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
Now, not that you want to spend more money...
but Ubiquiti (nickname UBNT) also sells a firewall device that goes along with the UAP Lite, also controlled by the same software as the UAP. The firewall is twice the cost of the ER-X but the integrated view is pretty nice.Does not give him the counter physical ports he's been asking for. It's the wrong solution.
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@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@DustinB3403 said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
Woodworking do exactly what he wants, yes. Simplest, Hell no.
And what does "Woodworking do exactly what he wants, yes" mean?
I do so love Siri.
I was laughing pretty hard at that one.
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@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@Dashrender said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
Now, not that you want to spend more money...
but Ubiquiti (nickname UBNT) also sells a firewall device that goes along with the UAP Lite, also controlled by the same software as the UAP. The firewall is twice the cost of the ER-X but the integrated view is pretty nice.Does not give him the counter physical ports he's been asking for. It's the wrong solution.
Yeah, it's probably not worth the hassle, As JB said, unless you purchased the much more expensive USG (Unifi Firewall) you would only have two ports, not three that you probably need.
That is, unless you already have a switch at home, then it doesn't matter.
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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.
It's not too bad. It's not the easiest router to set up ever, but it's not overly complex either.
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Maybe Siri was confused... talking about routers and woodworking would go together
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@scottalanmiller said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@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.
It's not too bad. It's not the easiest router to set up ever, but it's not overly complex either.
My number one gripe with this equipment is that they have never change their base firmware to have one of the ethernet ports get a DHCP address. If they did this thing would be trivial to set up.
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@JaredBusch said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@scottalanmiller said in Create isolated (wired) LAN for Guest Room?:
@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.
It's not too bad. It's not the easiest router to set up ever, but it's not overly complex either.
My number one gripe with this equipment is that they have never change their base firmware to have one of the ethernet ports get a DHCP address. If they did this thing would be trivial to set up.
Yeah, it's weird how it is so close to simple and should be easy to address.
