Separate LAN and WLAN

imWACCo

Thanks for the feedback. Most of this is me not knowing what questions to ask. Now that I'm headed in the right direction (knock on wood) I think I can get this.

I'm studding up on VLAN, trunks, native, management, 802.1Q and why I should care.

I think the hard part is going to be on the pfSense side. The pfSense Documentation site "VLAN Trunking" says "There is a lot more detail on VLANs…and more in The pfSense Book" then goes on to tell you how to set up your switch.

So, if anyone knows of a good how-to once I get the trunk to pfSense, that would be a big help.

What specific version of dd-wrt are you running on what specific hardware? All of them are running the firmware that's on the wiki:
Linksys E800*
Netgear WNR3500L (main switch)
Linksys WRT54GL
Also, a openWRT Linksys E1700, not on network yet.

*only one not on the VLAN list. But I can restrict this one so that only I'm using.

imWACCo

Well, sort of good news…

I just picked up a Cisco Catalyst 3560 PoE-48, for $20USD

Going to take me a week* to set up and get it running. But that should help things a lot.

*I'm guessing here. Never had a real switch before.

johnpoz

you got a 3560 for $20??

Is it a G or just 10/100? Do you have any use for poe or 48 ports? You would of prob been better off getting a cheap gig switch to be honest..

As to pfsense being the hard part - yeah don't think so.. You add a vlan, give it tag ID.. It is now just like any other interface in pfsense.

imWACCo

It says 3560G on it, but my understanding was that it's 10/100.

No use for PoE right now, but I've seen some cool ideas for R-Pi. And I'll probably only use 15 ports, but for $20 it's still rather cool 8)

Do I understand right, I have to add VLAN from Package Manager? I'm not seeing it there, or in any drop down.

johnpoz

no there is no package to add.. you add a vlan here..

This is where you add tag and what physical interface the vlan sits on..

Curios what version of the ios is on it.. I would guess quite dated, and without cisco account no real "legit" way to get the code updated. But if you look you can find them ;) If you have questions about that - drop me a pm once you get the switch.. Normally the G on the end would mean gig.. Pretty sure that 3560 line has been EOL for quite some time. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-3750-series-switches/eol_c51-696372.html

I would have to login and look when was last version of ios relased, but from that eol doc shows like jan of 2014 was last software release that was not security related.

But yeah for 20$ great little find.. let me know the exact model number when you get it and will check latest software version for you. Looks like released some code in 2015 so that is pretty good.

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imWACCo

Thank you, I found it now.