On 29/01/2016 23:50, The Natural Philosopher wrote:


Well yes, but would you REALLY have a live access to your internal
network on a CAT 5 socket outside your front door?

You might have on the camera.

The whole POINT of a switch is that they are plug and play mac level
ROUTERS.ow

Not repeaters.

That buys you efficiency rather than any real security.



That was my point. IN a nutshell.

The average punter isn't going to buy a switch with management let alone
know how to set up a VLAN on it.

Its a pointless willy waving exercise on a domestic DIY thread.



Stop wriggling.