Another thing to consider: In my configuration I have enabled VLAN encapsulated trunking on the fiber ports between switches. This is the best way I have found to deal with a multi-switch, multi-VLAN ...

I just bought a GS110TPv3 with the intention of setting up VLANs to eventually segregate WiFi traffic from a common UniFi WAP, but first I wanted to test with just a plain ol' laptop and Ethernet ...

Let's get some Zero Trust into the home lab ...

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I think that you are misunderstanding how these vlans are working. If you have port that is tagging for vlan x that means that traffic that is on vlan x is encapped in dot1q. Untagged y means that ...

In the IP based Ethernet networks, data and voice services are often transmitted simultaneously over the network. Voice traffic, in particular, requires a higher forwarding priority than data traffic.

But maybe not for the reasons you think ...

Have you been told that VLANs are the ultimate solution to your network woes? That they’ll magically secure your infrastructure, eliminate complexity, and solve all your traffic management headaches?