Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) can be created on your router to help divide and segment smart devices from PCs or TVs.

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Many of us cordially detest virtual LANs (VLANs). They require complicated configuration, and consequently they are error-prone. They do not offer fully satisfactory solutions for the problems they ...

The real question is do you want this device to be pushing/popping STags or just passing them along. Most ASICs shouldn't have an issue with the latter but if you need it to manipulate tags it's ...

Virtualization, arguably describable as "software-defined workloads," has become inextricably intertwined with both Software-Defined Storage (SDS) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN). The past ...