submitted 2 years ago by Agreeable-Fun-561@alien.top to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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Typical house with a basement, there are about 4-5 renters.

There is a Cat6 line going from my main router to downstairs, which is then connected to a signal booster to give them all wifi.

I'd like to keep the renters completely seperated from my main house home network.

How do I seperate the signal booster/renters from seeing any devices on my main house router?

Should I connect a switch or router in between my main router and the signal booster?

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[-] MrMotofy@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Your best option is use VLANS your consumer router may not do it. So may require setting up an open router and run like OpnSense etc

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