TP-Link Switch VLAN Setup - Tagged vs Untagged Ports

VLAN Setup for TP-Link Switch.

I use the TP-Link Switch TL-SG108E as an example to give step by step instruction on how to setup a VLAN in a TP-Link Switch. The video explains the difference between tagged and untagged ports. I also point out what often causes untagged ports to not work, the pvid settings.

0:00 Configuration
3:36 Network Diagram of VLAN Flow
6:52 Configuration

[dragosgeorge]

OMG!OMG!OMG! A 10 minutes video which would surely have saved me 3 sleepless nights!! Nobody could have explained it better! A simple network design, for the home use (start of a home lab, maybe?) in which the main focus is to clarify important networking terminology (so useful for future reference!!!) which nobody does anymore....not even excellent technical youtubers like Lawrence Systems, David Bombal, Network Chuck...Great job! spent as a new comer in the networking field 3 nights trying to configure a vlan on a cisco switch, reading documentation, watching videos and still failing. Trunk or access that is pretty straight forward to understand but tagged or untagged that was a whole another story for me..

[donny_bahama]

Nicely done! I’ve been struggling with this for months and now - thanks to you - I finally get it!!!

[garykingston]

Just wanted to give a shout out to you on this video because I simply did not understand tagged/untagged on the TP switch. Now I do. I was able to FINALLY connect my pfsense vlan to the switch and have two separate networks. Thanks.

[vladislavkaras]

Before buying the switches I wanted to confirm if I could use VLANs and tagged & untagged ports.
Thanks for the video!

[starfoxBR]

The best work I saw after watching many videos around this topic! Hat's off!

[fatman_slim]

Thank you for this video! I've been hitting my head against a brick wall... I had no idea about the 802.1Q VLAN PVID Setting

[Crystawth]

Thank you for this vid, I was trying to wrap my head around how tp-link vlans work, but coming from unifi, i wasn't getting very far!

[MarekCezaryWojtaszek]

Amazing. This exactly what I was looking for. Big thank you!

[chevarluga]

After a lot of research on the internet, it seems that this video clearly and concisely explains the concepts of tagging and untagging. Thanks!

[BladeWDR]

Thanks for this. I totally failed to see the PVID section and i couldn't figure out why my untagged VLAN wasn't working properly.

Why they didn't just combine the 2 sections into one I'll never know.

[duranopaulo]

Tagged for all data passthrough while untagged for VLAN only. My understanding is reverse. Thank you for the information coming from the Philippines.

[leoars]

Much better explanation how to create vlan.. i thought tagged port is the vlan.

[lorcster]

For my two access points, they both have 'staff' SSID, and 'guest' SSID.

I have enabled VLANs for both 'staff' and 'guest', where 'staff' VLAN = 1, 'guest' VLAN = 20.

Therefore, for the ports of the access points on the switch, I have enabled 'tagged' for both VLAN = 1 and 20.

This seems to work but its not the way you did it?

Also, if I make the switch port which my router is connected to, 'tagged' VLAN = 1, then i lose all connection and internet on my laptop

[James_Knott]

Some models of TP-Link switches and access points don't handle VLANs and multicasts properly. They allow the main LAN multicasts to leak into the VLAN. As a result, I could not run IPv6 on my guest WiFi VLAN. Later versions of the firmware may have fixed this, but I don't know for certain. I replaced the TP-Link AP with another make, which runs fine with IPv6.

[g-luu]

When you say vlan on router does that mean i need to be able to configure it there too? i use an all in one router with no capability of vlans.

[Kramirez]

Hello, you helped me understand. I have a question, how would it be if I need the data to go to a port on my local network (not the data from the vlan) I understood that. tagged all data goes through (local network + vlan) untagged (only vlan) and if I want a port to receive a local IP. Is it possible in this same switch model?

[shingdao]

Many thanks for the clear and concise presentation. One point of confusion for me is that in TP-link's user manual for another switch model: TL-SG1016PE, it shows a configuration use example where both the untagged and tagged ports are assigned PVID settings. I couldn't link it here, but it is on page 38 of the TP-Link TL-SG1016PE manual. I don't know if this is a mistake on their part or if I misunderstood the config example. Are there any situations where a tagged port would also have a PVID setting?

[RaduRadonys]

4:14 What if my router doesn't support VLAN? Can I connect this switch to my non-VLAN router and then all my equipments to the switch? Will I be able to use only the VLAN on the switch? Thanks!

[jinfeizhang]

At 6:00, what is VLAN 10 on router? and what kind of tp-link router?

[prahe]

Thank you for the video. Would it have been possible to make the modifications on the main switch and avoid having a secondary switch?