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Challenges with Asus Router and VLANs (Video)

Key issues covered in my video are:

* Problems with VLAN Trunked port and Inter-VLAN traffic rules

* No aggregating of wired and wireless devices into the same VLAN

* Correct settings for a TP-Link TL-SG108E switch for mixed VLAN traffic

I show some of the issues I experienced with my new Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 gaming router. It is one of only about five or six routers of Asus that support VLAN traffic. The problem is, Asus only provides basic support for 802.1Q VLANs, and for anything more you probably need to consider a MikroTik, pfSense, etc type routers if detailed VLAN support is required.

This is an excellent gaming router, but VLAN support is not something it really excels at (and it does not claim to do so either).

Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A_xCZTdJXo

#technology #asusrouter #networking #VLANs

phil 11mo ago

Interesting. I think the issue with the Trunk mode setting on the Asus (from a quick look at the documentation) is that it only passes tagged traffic so if the pvid on the switch trunk port is set to 1 then switch management traffic will be untagged and dropped by the router. This also assumes that the router is tagging its default LAN VLAN as 1 which I’m not entirely sure of from what I could find in the documentation..

MikroTik, pfSense, OPNsense will definitely have much better VLAN support and allow configuration of firewall rules between the VLANs. I’m personally using a couple of MikroTik RB5009s which have been great routers with pretty much any feature you would ever need.

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Danie 11mo ago

Thanks yes I tried various options tho with that port 1. Have just ordered a Protectli device so planning to go with pfSense.

Danie 11mo ago

Got my device and setting up OPNsense on it - yes looms like you can tweak anything in the firewall rules to decide what passes or not between any VLAN on OPNsense (and pfSense).

phil 11mo ago

Nice! From my limited experience with it, OPNsense is great and pretty flexible with what you can do.