https://adamazl.github.io/homelab/tags/iot/Recent content in Iot on The Home LabHugoen-usSun, 15 Mar 2026 00:37:20 +1300https://adamazl.github.io/homelab/posts/vlan-segmentation-basics/Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://adamazl.github.io/homelab/posts/vlan-segmentation-basics/<h2 id="why-segment-your-network">Why Segment Your Network?</h2> <p>The average home today has dozens of connected devices — smart bulbs, cameras, thermostats, TVs. Most of these devices have poor security track records: default credentials, infrequent firmware updates, and sometimes outright malicious firmware from vendors.</p> <p>Putting them on the same flat network as your laptop and NAS is an unnecessary risk. VLANs fix this.</p> <h2 id="what-is-a-vlan">What Is a VLAN?</h2> <p>A <strong>Virtual LAN (VLAN)</strong> is a logical partition of a physical network. Devices on different VLANs cannot communicate with each other unless you explicitly allow it through firewall rules — even if they share the same physical switch.</p>