What is a VLAN??? - How to setup VLANs in your Home Network and WHY YOU NEED THEM

We all have so many devices connected to our network that is hard to manage them much less even know what they are. Let's set up some VLANs to make it easier to keep our network safe and organized.

0:00 Introduction
0:57 What is a VLAN?
2:30 Why do we need VLANs?
5:59 How to setup VLANs
6:55 Tagged vs Untagged
7:33 Demo of my system
18:38 Conclusion

[enlightenedaudio]

I am a 20yr retired disabled Veteran. My job title was Air Force Network Eng. After retiring worked for Lockheed Martin as an Network Eng. I have never been able to grasp the Vlan concept fully other than written step by step instruction on how to create Vlan until now. It is very important to be able to grasp the basics and you have done a wonderful job of presenting the foundation for the understanding of Vlans, which is professional education level and you where humorus enough for beginners to geeks. I am looking forward to learning more from you and supporting your channel. I need to mention that I am now 61 yr old and I started as a Computer Maintenance Tech in the 80s. Now I just do it for fun at home. You can break it down for those that can't grasp it from the others. Again thank you.

[michaelking]

As a retired IT guy, I commend you on your excellent explanation of what a VLAN is. My head still hurts at the thought of my many, many, many past attempts at describing networking processes.

[allards]

Thank you for creating this video, i'm trying to understand VLAN's better. Nice how you visualize the flow of (un)tagged traffic! I feel more confident now to start using VLAN's in my Homelab.

[rkbest]

Exactly the video I needed. Most videos assume people setting up network security and clans know the whys. Thanks a ton.

[wayne]

Such a good explanation while still having funny jokes and clips thrown in here and there. Definitely my favorite channel when it comes to networking videos.

[melbuilt]

Now that's what I call simplicity at it's finest. I immediately subscribed.

[ensidfkgnur]

Great vid! Had networking classes 25 yrs ago and I don't even remember learning about these. Times have changed and I really needed to ratchet up security due to IOT and guest connections. Heading to the rest of your vids for more hardware specific info. Thanks!!!

[cooheartbiased]

Learned a couple of things:
1. I'm fucking weird
2. I only throw imaginary parties
3. I'm the sketchy dude at my own party. 😂
4. This video really explains VLANs and I've been searching for a while. Thank you.

[dirtytechie]

Great setup, I'm running Unifi at the moment and I have several VLANs using a Edge switch for my Client devices, IoT and Virtual media server. I always seem to get to confused regarding the function of a untagged Vs tagged and trunk. I understand the concept of VLANs and the 4096 VLANs available but configuring it for a scenario is always throwing my head into different directions

[bobbybologna]

vLANs are so irritatingly hard to understand because everyone's puzzle pieces are different, also because the terminology used by Cisco and Non-Cisco environments does not help AT ALL lol, I use a TP link that splits the 802.1Q settings across 2 pages and gives the appearance that you can break vLAN rules when functionally it works the same as the QNAP switch used in this example. I must've watched this video 100 times now and I've gradually come around to understanding precisely how the traffic is routed. This video really is the best explanation for it and best example, I just had to take it real slow and pay very close attention to what he was saying lol

[amjster]

Great video. Thank you so much for taking the time to curate it in a simple, clear and easy to understand way. You clearly know what you are talking about and I look forward to watching more vids....

[niklos]

A simple comment to bump YouTube algorithm. I have to admit, I have a crush on your way to teach/explain things. Great videos, thanks for sharing

[bearcat]

Just found the channel recently while looking into a nas setup. Love the content!

[gerald]

Excellent presentation. The diagrams make it so much easier to follow. I've watched Tom from Lawrence Systems when I did mine. His business is actually just north of me in SE Michigan. Iv'e got one vlan. PFsense running on a small PC. It generates the vlan tag and subnet address for devices that may not be secure. Such as a Ring doorbell and an Echo Show on the tagged subnet. The main network is not accessible from the vlan for iOT devices via a firewall rule. A new Netgate managed switch that connects our wired desktops and Unifi AP.

Have a backup Unifi Edge Router X configured for only one subnet at the moment. Haven't quite figured out how to duplicate the PFsense configuration so that nothing changes if it gets swapped out in an emergency. Not sure its worth the trouble since in my use case just the doorbell and Echo would lose their connection until I have another PFsense box built.

[elsdon]

Fantastic video. Best description of vlans I've come across. Thanks for the effort.

[aleksrutar]

Hi Raid Owl, I'm two minutes deep into this video, and your sense of humour just got you a like & sub :D

[PoeLemic]

Gosh, this is such a brilliant explanation. My core skillset is not networking, so thank you for sharing what you know. I've had trouble having 50+ devices on my network. Never thought it'd get that high, but by time you do consoles, PCs, phones, Google Echos, Amazon Alexia, etc. Then, the number of devices quickly get up there. So, this is something that I've got to do -- over time.

[rogerlevasseur]

Thanks! Been contemplating a VLAN for the home network.

[francinedematos]

16:55 is the best hahaha. Thanks for the vídeo, is really awesome the way you explain hard things in a easy way.

[Ti-JAC]

Thank you for the segment. Very helpful. 👍