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General Discussion / Re: Stuck at Switch configuration with home network expansion

« on: May 04, 2024, 04:50:01 pm »

I had to remove the LAGG configuration as the respective trunk/access port to select in the Switch VLAN was confusing me. (Yet to hear from TPlink.)

But, minus the LAGG, I got the setup is working as expected. I have VLAN segmentation and all 5 SSIDs are doing fine.

I noticed that I cant seem to make Suricata (IDS) work properly. I have selected 8 rulesets and the suricata services starts and exits in about 2-3 mins, without making any logs.

The CPU is i5 7600 and the system has 16 G RAM and 8G of swap (when I installed opnsesne).

Any idea , or should I create a new thread ?

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General Discussion / Re: Stuck at Switch configuration with home network expansion

« on: April 30, 2024, 11:44:45 am »

reached out to TPlink support. I'll update once I have something.

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General Discussion / Re: Stuck at Switch configuration with home network expansion

« on: April 28, 2024, 08:50:36 am »

Thanks for your attention.

I apologize, I probably need even more low level instruction. This is my first time handling a managed switch and I am a noob.. Thanks for having patience with me.

My VLAN 10 configs are here - https://drive.proton.me/urls/MK7YBTE6Z4#1nkC1WPkFrTs
My VLAN 1 configs are here - https://drive.proton.me/urls/TZFG4JKJVC#FRkLM6W6BFkJ

(my apologies if sharing such links are frowned upon, happy to correct myself)

I can configure other VLANs(20.30.. etc) same as VLAN 10 (with port 3,4 (LAGGs) and 7 as tagged).

As I explained earlier, the only wired connections on my switches are -
Port 2 -> LAN interface from opnsense PC
Port 3,4 -> LAGG interface from opnsense PC
Port 7 -> I intend to connect my multi-ssid capable/VLAN aware WAP (and all devices to connect via wireless to multiple SSIDs, such as wifi_DMZ, wifi_USER, wifi_IOT.... etc.)
Port 8 ->a temporary connection to a laptop for configuring the switch.

A network diagram of what I want to achieve is attached here. The PC part went well thanks to the guides.
 

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General Discussion / Stuck at Switch configuration with home network expansion

« on: April 27, 2024, 10:00:34 pm »

The original post is herehttps://community.ipfire.org/t/greetings-and-first-question/11462 (IPFire community) and I am the OP.

I switch to OPNsense due to many reasons and continued with u/homenetworkguy 's two hugely popular tutorials 1 https://homenetworkguy.com/how-to/beginners-guide-to-set-up-home-network-using-opnsense/ & 2 https://homenetworkguy.com/how-to/set-up-a-fully-functioning-home-network-using-opnsense/. My set up falls somewhere in between, since I am practically using the "basic" set up , adding LAGG and multiple VLANs which will eventually shared by a single vlan-aware/multi SSID capable WAP. There are no other wired devices.

Must admit that the guides are tremendously helpful and easy to follow.

Unfortunately, I am stuck at configuring the switch (TPlink SG2210P), specifically, the VLANs, since it matches neither of the guides.

My VLANs - [name(id)] -

DMZ (10), USER (20), IOT (30), Printer (40) and Guest (50).

On my switch, Port 2 is connected to LAN, Ports 3 & 4 are LAGG. A laptop is connected to port 8 for the web-interface and configuration, but that's temporary. There is going to be a single WAP connected to the switch and no other wired devices.

My WAP should broadcast 5 SSIDs (each for a vlan, some on both 2.4 & 5 GHz and some on 2.4 Only)

Questions:

What should be "Port Config" all 5 VLANs ?

What ports do I remove from VLAN 1 ?

Advanced Networking is not my string suite. Can I please get some pointer ?

TIA for your attention. (Yes, I posted the same question in Reddit too)