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On 15/01/2026 13:33, Pancho wrote:
> On 1/14/26 21:13, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:57:35 +0000, John R Walliker wrote:
>>
>>> Some routers will let you use the source mac address in routing rules
>>> which nicely overcomes the problem with varying IPv6 addresses.
>>
>> That could also be handled with a VLAN.
>
> If your network hardware handles VLAN tags.
>
> I have numerous switches (unmanaged) and WiFi access points, none of the
> ones I tested were compatible with VLAN tags (i.e. The network device
> stripped the VLAN tag off packets rather than dumbly passed the packet
> through with VLAN tag intact).
>
> VLANs also aren`t ideal as you may wish to implement policy routing on a
> protocol (e.g. VoIP) or WAN destination, not just upon a LAN host.
There does seem to be a lot of variation in how different switches
behave. The HP 1820 and 1810 series web managed switches along with
a variety of Netgear web managed switches all propagate vlan tags in
their default state.
They can can be configured to detag vlans on specific ports if
necessary.
I have some Allied Telesis managed switches that block vlans by default.
John
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