> On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 05:54:56 -0500
> Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Or perhaps vlans, with switches providing separation, if you can't use
>> separate actual interfaces. (Not to really disagree with your point.)
>
> I tend to avoid VLANs at home as they are usually not supported by
> unmanaged switches. Most managed switches have active cooling and noisy
> fans. Anyway, I looked at this years ago, so maybe hardware improved
> and you can now get silent switches with VLANs?
FWIW, I use a TP-Link TL-SG108E (inexpensive "smart" switch) to put my
ISP's switch's network on a tagged VLAN of my home LAN, which otherwise
is behind my own router. My NetBSD server picks it up as vlan0 on re0
and routes specific traffic out that way.
Gary Duzan
