On Fri, 2018-08-31 at 17:13 -0500, o1bigtenor wrote: > On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 4:49 PM, r hayman <rhayman at pureice.com> > wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2018-08-30 at 21:17 -0500, o1bigtenor wrote: > > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 5:16 PM, r hayman <rhayman at pureice.com> > > wrote: > > > > Like Ioannis, I control my own LAN and isolate it from the "LAN" of > > the > > ISP-provided device. > > > > I currently have an Ubiquity EdgeRouter and its WAN port is the > > only thing > > connected to the ISP-provided device. > > I set the ISP-provided device into bridge mode (if I can't I have > > my ISP do > > it). > > > > When this is complete, my EdgeRouter WAN directly faces the > > Internet (gets > > an Internet routable address). > > I have the EdgeRouter set up as a DHCP server on the LAN side and > > have all > > incoming and outgoing routes denied by default. > > I add rules to allow only what I want in and out of my network. > > > > I also have the ability to support VLANs for IoT devices that I > > don't want > > on my LAN - they get a separate VLAN > > > > Set up like this, my entire LAN operates within the LAN even when > > the ISP or > > the WAN goes dark. > > > Thank you. > > I have some reading and then some thinking to do. > Have already been looking for 2 routers (I like to carry a spare so > that when one > dies that I have a replacement to hand). > > When thinking is completed if I have questions I will be back at you. > > Thanking you for your assistance. > > Dee > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > You're Welcome! Microcenter carries Ubiquiti (darn spell check, ubiquiti ends in an 'i') products and the EdgeRouter X can be had for less than $50 http://www.microcenter.com/product/474496/edgerouter-x-5-port-gigabit-r outer Ubiquiti EdgeRouters are highly efficient and run at near wire speed in my experience. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20180831/0b70ccc6/attachment.html>